blueproximity

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I installed the blueproximity package from debian lenny and got the following results: - It locks my screen when I turn bluetooth off on the phone. - When I turn bluetooth back on screen unlocks again - When I walk about 10 metres away from the machine it doesn't lock. - Distance is set to 1 -

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-13 Thread 明覺
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Santhosh R wrote: > Hello sir, > I am Santhosh, I having sony vaio model laptop, is able to > install Debian 5 (DVD format iso files) in my laptop? > Why I am asking meant, already I have tried Redhat 5 Enterprice (DVD) to my > laptop, it not accepted. Th

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-13 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/3/14 Santhosh R > Hello sir, > I am Santhosh, I having sony vaio model laptop, is able to > install Debian 5 (DVD format iso files) in my laptop? > Why I am asking meant, already I have tried Redhat 5 Enterprice (DVD) to my > laptop, it not accepted. That same Redhat 5 has booted i

Re: Hello sir

2009-03-13 Thread Sudev Barar
2009/3/14 Santhosh R : > Hello sir, >   I am Santhosh, I having sony vaio model laptop, is able to install > Debian 5 (DVD format iso files) in my laptop? > Why I am asking meant, already I have tried Redhat 5 Enterprice (DVD) to my > laptop, it not accepted. That same Redhat 5 has booted i

Hello sir

2009-03-13 Thread Santhosh R
Hello sir, I am Santhosh, I having sony vaio model laptop, is able to install Debian 5 (DVD format iso files) in my laptop? Why I am asking meant, already I have tried Redhat 5 Enterprice (DVD) to my laptop, it not accepted. That same Redhat 5 has booted in Desktop system. That's Y asking

Re: install from tiny CD

2009-03-13 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/3/14 linux china > Hi, > > The debian 5.0 has a tiny CD installation method, I downloaded these files > > cdrom/debian-cd_info.tar.gz -- isolinux config files for CD > cdrom/initrd.gz -- initrd for use with isolinux to build a > CD > cdrom/vmlinuz -- ker

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, randall wrote: And there are indeed other servers that are unhappy with poor DNS ftp comes to mind, its always the first thing i turn off when i install it for anything other then personal usage. :) I don't have that luxury (at work, but do use ftpd-ssl) The only use to

install from tiny CD

2009-03-13 Thread linux china
Hi, The debian 5.0 has a tiny CD installation method, I downloaded these files cdrom/debian-cd_info.tar.gz -- isolinux config files for CD cdrom/initrd.gz -- initrd for use with isolinux to build a CD cdrom/vmlinuz -- kernel for use with isolinux to build a C

Re: Advice about ext3, please (An experiment & results)

2009-03-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> an issue with the flash drives is their life cycle. they support about > 10 writes or so in average - there was article I read recently For large enough drives, 10 writes will take several years of constant write access. So I wouldn't worry about it. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
> As for old boxes and how cheap replacments are, my 486 only uses 20 > watts. This can be handy for some uses. My WL700gE uses 10W (and 5W when the drive spins down). With its 260MHz CPU and 64MB, it's probably a good bit more powerful than your 486. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: update information is outdated?

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:44:48 +0530 Girish Kulkarni wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting this message from the update notifier constantly in the > notification area on my panel -- > > The update information is outdated. This may be caused by network > problems. Please update manually by click

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:47:11 -0600 Robert Hodgins wrote: > Daniel, thank you for your suggestions. > > > I did this. I hit Alt-F4 as the installer was finishing the formatting > of the hard drive. When the cursor stopped blinking and the keyboard > no longer responded, I took a picture. > > I

weird problem in X with recent sid packages

2009-03-13 Thread charlie derr
I have a machine that's quite old and underpowered that I've been running as Debian unstable for several years. A week or so ago, after upgrading a bunch of packages (including lots of xserver-xorg* and the kernel) I found that my keystrokes were not being properly registered (but only in X -- t

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson wrote: Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to type control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make what the problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem. If more info is needed let me know. :) laptop-1:/home/jj# d

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-13 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson wrote: Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to type control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make what the problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem. If more info is needed let me know. :) laptop-1:/home/jj# d

Re: Ext3 for flash drive

2009-03-13 Thread Mike McClain
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 07:15:33AM +, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 22:14:59 -0700, Mike McClain (mike.j...@nethere.com) > wrote: > > Which versions of Windows can read ext2? > > Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT definitely. Not sure about Vista. > > Google for explore2fs. > Found it,

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Davies
randall wrote: > The only use to correct "reverse" DNS i can see is in case of a mail > server, if you want to filter dynamic and static IP's (but even this is > theoretical since it is hardly used in practice) I don't use rDNS for differentiating static and dynamic IPs (well, not directly); I

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-13 Thread s. keeling
Douglas A. Tutty : > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:00:58AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Friday 13 March 2009 08:43:07 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > As for rolling upgrades, great but what about when e.g. a hard > > drive > > > fails. > > > > It's called a "backup". > > Sure, if you

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread Sebastian Günther
* Matthew Smith (m...@smiffytech.com) [13.03.09 23:47]: > Quoth green at 2009-03-14 03:28... > > If the stock Debian kernel works, have you tried using that config for your > > kernel? > This is something that I have avoided as I have read in various places > that there are often incompatible cha

bluetooth headset

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, I'm considdering buying a bluetooth headset... Does anyone know of any reasonably cheap ones that are supported by debian? Is there a good howto out there on how to configure? Once it is up and running, is it possible to have it connected at boot up if the headset is turned on and is in range

Re: Lenny/exim4: how to set helo for outgoing SMTP

2009-03-13 Thread James Richardson
Kilian wrote: > Hello, > > I am desperately trying to set the HELO value exim uses for outgoing > smtp connections because my host is behind a firewall which does NAT. > I've read /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz and created > /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros witht the following conte

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread Matthew Smith
Quoth green at 2009-03-14 03:28... If the stock Debian kernel works, have you tried using that config for your kernel? This is something that I have avoided as I have read in various places that there are often incompatible changes between minor versions (like from 2.6.18 to 2.6.24). This also

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi Mike Out of curiosity, how do your lockups manifest themselves? Do you get a flashing CAPS-LOCK light, perchance? What you are seeing is a kernel panic. If you want to debug that, Google for "magic sysrq" - it should get you on the right track. (It's a kernel configuration option that

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread randall
Richard A Nelson wrote: On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, randall wrote: IMO the solution is not to tweak those subsystems and applications, but to get a valid rDNS record added to the DNS. Indeed, always best to have fully functional DNS, and no - for Linux at least, /etc/hosts is not functional DNS. dep

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, randall wrote: IMO the solution is not to tweak those subsystems and applications, but to get a valid rDNS record added to the DNS. Indeed, always best to have fully functional DNS, and no - for Linux at least, /etc/hosts is not functional DNS. agreed in principle, but si

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread randall
Chris Davies wrote: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: All systems should have an rDNS record to map the number back to a name. Ideally, that canonical name should also have a mapping back to the number. In the case of dynamic IP ranges, the rDNS record might map back to an entry that mimicks th

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:00:58AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Friday 13 March 2009 08:43:07 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > As for rolling upgrades, great but what about when e.g. a hard > drive > > fails. > > It's called a "backup". Ha, Ha. Sure, if you want to do a back-up of the w

Re: Würmchen...

2009-03-13 Thread steef
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: http://www.heise.de/security/Conficker-Wurm-ruestet-auf--/news/meldung/134210 http://www.golem.de/0902/65504.html http://www.taz.de/1/leben/internet/artikel/1/wann-und-wo-schlaegt-der-wurm-zu/ http://www.netzwelt.de/news/79529-conficker-computerwurm-befaellt-deutsche

Lenny/exim4: how to set helo for outgoing SMTP

2009-03-13 Thread Kilian
Hello, I am desperately trying to set the HELO value exim uses for outgoing smtp connections because my host is behind a firewall which does NAT. I've read /usr/share/doc/exim4-config/README.Debian.gz and created /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros witht the following content: REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA

hanging Apache2 processes

2009-03-13 Thread Mark Copper
Hi, I have upgraded to Lenny and Apache2. I am getting hanging apache process and I would like to learn how to diagnose the situation. Here is a queer thing that happened today: I enabled mod_status and installed links. Now when I issue the command: links http://localhost/server-status?refres

Re: What's the easiest way to obtain a debian kernel which contains snd-cs46xx module?

2009-03-13 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:27:11 -0700 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:11, Celejar wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:55:30 + > > j t wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've just done a fresh install of Lenny on my Thinkpad T21, which > >> (according to lshw) contains a "Cirrus Logi

Würmchen...

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
http://www.heise.de/security/Conficker-Wurm-ruestet-auf--/news/meldung/134210 http://www.golem.de/0902/65504.html http://www.taz.de/1/leben/internet/artikel/1/wann-und-wo-schlaegt-der-wurm-zu/ http://www.netzwelt.de/news/79529-conficker-computerwurm-befaellt-deutsche-hochschule.html Beste Grü

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Davies
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In general, you should make sure reverse DNS works for all your IPs. randall wrote: > i doubt that this is a sensible default, if i'm wrong please let me > know ;) All systems should have an rDNS record to map the number back to a name. Ideally, that canonical nam

Re: Update Applet not working

2009-03-13 Thread JoeHill
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM, JoeHill wrote: > > > > All of a sudden-like, my update applet doesn't work properly. If I give it a > > click, I am asked for the root pass as usual, but then nothing happens. > > > > Nothing. > > Open a root terminal and run 'update-

Re: Update Applet not working

2009-03-13 Thread JoeHill
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM, JoeHill wrote: > > > > All of a sudden-like, my update applet doesn't work properly. If I give it a > > click, I am asked for the root pass as usual, but then nothing happens. > > > > Nothing. > > Open a root terminal and run 'update-

Re: Update Applet not working

2009-03-13 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:10 AM, JoeHill wrote: > > All of a sudden-like, my update applet doesn't work properly. If I give it a > click, I am asked for the root pass as usual, but then nothing happens. > > Nothing. Open a root terminal and run 'update-manager' and I'll bet you'll see a GTK auth

Re: help for Debian pppoe configuration

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:45:16 +0600 Asanka Ruwan Kumara wrote: > Dear Sir, > i need to configure Debian proxy server using pppoe connection. > i have already install Debian os with two NIC.but i have a > problem,how to config pppoe connection > > i reffed below link and > (http://users.telenet.be

GTK fonts too big

2009-03-13 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
Hello, afer upgrading to lenny I have noticed that fonts in GTK applications are too big. It seems that GTK does count font size from DPI resolution (hbigger DPI, higher font). Is there any way to force GTK to ignore DPI for displaying fonts? I did NOT ask for better display to have bigger fonts,

Re: Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread green
Matthew Smith wrote at 2009-03-13 03:19 -0600: > All has gone well so far, but I am experiencing issues trying to boot > the external disc with anything but the Debian stock kernel. Here are > the facts: > > * I am booting from Grub on the internal disc. > > * With the Debian kernel, the external d

Re: one-time password authentication for openssh

2009-03-13 Thread Frederik Kriewitz
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Angelin Lalev wrote: > Is it possible to configure pam and openssh to authenticate users with > unix and then with one-time password? > Is there a one-time password pam module in Debian? http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/otpw.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Do you know about DebianON?

2009-03-13 Thread Daniel Dickinson
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:29:57 +0200 Aioanei Rares wrote: > >> > >> I would like to propose that you have a look at > >> > >> http://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ > >> > >> and consider contributing. > >> > > Good idea. In fact, I have written a pretty complete page about my > > experi

Re: 'debian-user' list in digest mode does not number the posts

2009-03-13 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:49:51 +, Mizanur Khondoker wrote: > I pefer to receive posts from highly active mailing lists such as > debian-u...@list, ubuntu-u...@list in a digest mode. Browsing emails > from digest form is easier when post-headings and the subsequent > messages are numbered. > Bu

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 13 March 2009 10:42:16 randall wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Friday 13 March 2009 08:41:52 Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > > > > > > If you are using the OpenSSH daemon on the remote server and that > > daemon is using the default configuration, it does a reverse DNS > > loo

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 13 March 2009 08:43:07 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > As for rolling upgrades, great but what about when e.g. a hard drive > fails. It's called a "backup". :P -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: D

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread randall
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Friday 13 March 2009 08:41:52 Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: If you are using the OpenSSH daemon on the remote server and that daemon is using the default configuration, it does a reverse DNS lookup on the connecting IP before accepting the login. IIRC, It is

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 13 March 2009 08:41:52 Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > Thanks for answer, > but firstly , I am use on my machine a client ssh, the sshd is running > on remote server, > secondly, i connect to server with IP address and not with a name, > so no dns needed. If you are using the OpenS

Re: Do you know about DebianON?

2009-03-13 Thread Aioanei Rares
The Eclectic One wrote: 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. ...

Update Applet not working

2009-03-13 Thread JoeHill
All of a sudden-like, my update applet doesn't work properly. If I give it a click, I am asked for the root pass as usual, but then nothing happens. Nothing. If I open Synaptic and do mark all upgrades, that works, and of course 'aptitude upgrade', but what's up with my applet? -- J -- To U

a likely icedove/imapd bug

2009-03-13 Thread Peter A. Felvegi
Hello, today I made a mistake. I thought it's quite time to move old mails from my inbox to an archive folder. I created the folder, selected the mails, right-click, move to folder. It took some time (~2000 emails, ~300Megs). Then opened the new folder, and to my surprise, every email was dup

one-time password authentication for openssh

2009-03-13 Thread Angelin Lalev
Greetings, Is it possible to configure pam and openssh to authenticate users with unix and then with one-time password? Is there a one-time password pam module in Debian? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: help for Debian pppoe configuration

2009-03-13 Thread 明覺
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Asanka Ruwan Kumara < asankaruwankum...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sir, > i need to configure Debian proxy server using pppoe connection. > i have already install Debian os with two NIC.but i have a problem,how to > config pppoe connection > > i reffed below link and

Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread randall
Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: Thanks for answer, but firstly , I am use on my machine a client ssh, the sshd is running on remote server, secondly, i connect to server with IP address and not with a name, so no dns needed. thanks not sure what the answer was, but do keep in mind that the

help for Debian pppoe configuration

2009-03-13 Thread Asanka Ruwan Kumara
Dear Sir, i need to configure Debian proxy server using pppoe connection. i have already install Debian os with two NIC.but i have a problem,how to config pppoe connection i reffed below link and (http://users.telenet.be/Asterisk-PBX/PPPoE.htm) when its doing i had to stop running Execute the 'pp

Re: Re: ssh connection takes long time

2009-03-13 Thread Abdelkader Belahcene
Thanks for answer, but firstly , I am use on my machine a client ssh, the sshd is running on remote server, secondly, i connect to server with IP address and not with a name, so no dns needed. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsub

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-13 Thread Phil Anderton
Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to > type control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make > what the problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem. > > If more info is needed let me know. :) > > laptop-1:/h

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch.

2009-03-13 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +, s. keeling wrote: > Robert Hodgins : > > > > Lenny installer isn't. Should I still be using this machine "down the > > road" (and I'd like to keep it going as long as the hardware holds up), > > I'm all for "driving it into the ground" in order to get y

Can't print print in gnome 2.22 after upgrading etch >> lenny

2009-03-13 Thread Sebastian Schnur
Hi dear debian-users, the new gnome in lenny is kidding me. I can't print out of all gnome-applications. So whats wrong? "lpstat -p" says that everything is allright with cups. I haven't found any bug according this. So I might solve the problem with some help. The libgnomeprint* are already

Re: Lenny won't install on an old Pentium that used to run Etch. Try 2

2009-03-13 Thread Thorny
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:47:11 -0600, Robert Hodgins wrote: [...] > Right after selecting Install, the installer printed the screen (Photo 2) [...] ACPI on a P1 75MHz class machine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: scanner stop working after update

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rainer Kluge wrote: > 1) dpkg --force-conflicts -i iscan_2.17.0-3_i386.deb > 2) dpkg -i iscan-plugin-gt-_2.1.0-2_i386.deb # depends on scanner > type > 3) manually delete the iscan and iscan-plugin entries in /var/lib/dpkg/status FWIW, I did

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-13 Thread Thorny
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:17:25 -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to type > control+d to continue boot, I looked at "dmesg" and I can't make what the > problem is, so I post and maybe someone can figure the problem. > > If more info is n

Re: Lenovo laptop - Type Control D to Continue

2009-03-13 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jimmy Johnson: > > Hey Guy's I have Lenovo laptop, new "Lenny install" and I'm having to > type control+d to continue boot, This is usually the case when the system tries to mount a filesystem from a partition which is not available. Posting your /etc/fstab and the partition that cannot be found

Re: need to get a id/account for debian bugzilla

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Shirish S Pargaonkar wrote: > I need to get a id/account so I can update existing debian bugzilla bugs. > I am not able to find out how to obtain one. > Your help is appreciated. I've never heard of 'debian bugzilla'. For what do you need such an account? Read http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reportin

Re: Pingin won't connect?

2009-03-13 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > On Thursday 12 March 2009 15:53:13 Stephan Seitz wrote: > > > No, the ICQ server changed their protocol again. You need a newer > > > version of pidgin or use a better protocol like Jabber. > > On 12.03.09 16:07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Any chance this could be fixed in volatile or v

Re: Pingin won't connect?

2009-03-13 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 09:53:49PM +0200, Vadim Kolchev wrote: > > > Got a problem with pidgin - it won't connect saying that i use old > > > version. Is there a workarond because I don't want to use unstable > > > > Let me guess, ICQ? > > > > > versions? > On Thursday 12 March 2009 15:53:13 S

Re: Plaxo

2009-03-13 Thread randall
David Baron wrote: I just got a notification that "debian-user" just joined plaxo. (Since debian- user is in my address book, we can now connect, share photos, etc .:-) ) Plaxo is an addressbook service that works well with ms-outlook, worse with outlook-express, NO interface to Linux. wo

Re: scanner stop working after update

2009-03-13 Thread Rainer Kluge
thveillon.debian schrieb: > > Hi, this is what apt-listchanges sent me a few days ago : > > [quote] > "sane-backends-extras (1.0.19.12) unstable; urgency=low > > Starting with sane-backends-extras 1.0.19.12, the epkowa backend for EPSON > scanners is no longer provided. It was no longer poss

Re: SMART -d ata or -d sat

2009-03-13 Thread Norbert Zeh
Thanks, guys. Just wanted to make sure. -N -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: scanner stop working after update

2009-03-13 Thread thveillon.debian
>Rainer Kluge wrote : > Enrique Morfin schrieb: >> My system is sid. >> The scanner is epson perfection v100 photo >> >> It was working flawlessly (with iscan). > > Hello, > > Which backend do you use: the one provided by the official Debian > libsane-extras > package or the one from the Avasys

Having trouble re-installing Xorg and gnome/kde4

2009-03-13 Thread Joe Emenaker
This might run on a little long, but I'm going to try to explain everything I've tried up to this point. I've been running Debian on my laptop for about 8 years now (although the actual laptop has changed several times since then, I've copied the hard drive image each time to the next machine)

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-13 Thread Angus Auld
--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Angus Auld wrote: > From: Angus Auld > Subject: Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting > To: "debian-user" > Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:55 AM > --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Bob Cox > wrote: > > > From: Bob Cox > > Subject: Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting > > To: debian-use

Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting

2009-03-13 Thread Angus Auld
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Bob Cox wrote: > From: Bob Cox > Subject: Re: Top posting vs Bottom posting > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 12:55 PM > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 00:12:15 -0500, Kumar Appaiah > (a.ku...@alumni.iitm.ac.in) wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2

Re: need to get a id/account for debian bugzilla

2009-03-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 05:11:31AM -0500, Shirish S Pargaonkar wrote: > Hi, > > I need to get a id/account so I can update existing debian bugzilla bugs. > I am not able to find out how to obtain one. > Your help is appreciated. No need to get yourself a separate ID there. Just use your email.

need to get a id/account for debian bugzilla

2009-03-13 Thread Shirish S Pargaonkar
Hi, I need to get a id/account so I can update existing debian bugzilla bugs. I am not able to find out how to obtain one. Your help is appreciated. Regards, Shirish

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
caleb rodgers wrote: > Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can > only access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows > Vista. http://www.debian.org/ has two important links for you: The download site: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable The us

'debian-user' list in digest mode does not number the posts

2009-03-13 Thread Mizanur Khondoker
I pefer to receive posts from highly active mailing lists such as debian-u...@list, ubuntu-u...@list in a digest mode. Browsing emails from digest form is easier when post-headings and the subsequent messages are numbered. But I have seen that debian lists does not number the posts: Example: deb

Plaxo

2009-03-13 Thread David Baron
I just got a notification that "debian-user" just joined plaxo. (Since debian- user is in my address book, we can now connect, share photos, etc .:-) ) Plaxo is an addressbook service that works well with ms-outlook, worse with outlook-express, NO interface to Linux. I have been bugging them

Kernel issues: booting from USB storage (Repost)

2009-03-13 Thread Matthew Smith
[Apologies for this re-post - not normally my way; however, I wanted to be sure that this was a case of nobody being able to/wanting to answer this rather than having sent at a bad time and having it slip under the radar.] Hi Just to give a little background, after 3 years of running Gentoo (

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread Mark Goldshtein
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:06 AM, caleb rodgers wrote: > Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can only > access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows Vista. I have > like 80 GB of Hard disk space. I installed the battlefield 2 game on my > laptop. I hav

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread Cassiel
2009/3/13 caleb rodgers > Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can only > access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows Vista. I have > like 80 GB of Hard disk space. I installed the battlefield 2 game on my > laptop. I have a AMD turion64 x2 processor

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread 明覺
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:06 PM, caleb rodgers wrote: > Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can only > access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows Vista. I have > like 80 GB of Hard disk space. I installed the battlefield 2 game on my > laptop. I hav

Re: How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread randall
caleb rodgers wrote: Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can only access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows Vista. I have like 80 GB of Hard disk space. I installed the battlefield 2 game on my laptop. I have a AMD turion64 x2 processor and a b

Re: Howto build an inexpensive debian-based (hand-held) computer

2009-03-13 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 08:58:29AM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > Can someone provide some links to build cheap / inexpensive computer > (even with limited memory and no storage) which can run linux / debian > off a usb stick and can be used for basic operations. > > It will be helpful for poor people us

How do I Install your Linux operating system.

2009-03-13 Thread caleb rodgers
Hey how do I Install your Linux operating system on my computer I can only access my database drive and I want to dual boot with Windows Vista. I have like 80 GB of Hard disk space. I installed the battlefield 2 game on my laptop. I have a AMD turion64 x2 processor and a built in broadcom wirele

Re: How to troubleshoot aptitude segfaults ?

2009-03-13 Thread David Corking
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: >  I would suggest just upgrading aptitude on its own (with the command > "apt-get install aptitude") and seeing whether it works.  If it does, > you can use it for the rest of the upgrade. > Thanks Daniel - this is sure to work for me. Unfo

man pages

2009-03-13 Thread randall
hi all, lately i've been practicing my skills a little on building basic websites and yesterday i had little to day so decided to re-build the ubuntu manpages web site and adjust it a little so it a can be used with debian. we all know manpages.debian.net but that site, although useful is not

using usb flash drive locks up pc on squeeze

2009-03-13 Thread whollygoat
Hi, Recently installed testing for the first time. Whenever I try to use a usb flash drive the machine freezes: no keyboard, no mouse, no ssh from the outside, not even an answer to a ping. Most often this happens right after plugging in the drive. Once I was able to work maybe 4 or 5 minutes be

Re: scanner stop working after update

2009-03-13 Thread Rainer Kluge
Enrique Morfin schrieb: > > My system is sid. > The scanner is epson perfection v100 photo > > It was working flawlessly (with iscan). Hello, Which backend do you use: the one provided by the official Debian libsane-extras package or the one from the Avasys proprietary packages (iscan, iscan-pl