Re: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel

2009-04-22 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-23 01:30 +0200, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > All I know is I use the stock 2.6.26-2-686 kernel and see at boot: > > udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or disable > CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will not work correctly > > I found lots of documentation but ca

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
> The problem with trying to determine the quality of the cable based > on error measurements is that many if not most of the errors are due > to factors (e.g. external induced noise) that do not depend on the > cable quality.  IMO cable quality is best measured with instruments > designed for that

Re: Two problems with installation of Lenny

2009-04-22 Thread Ibrahim Shaame
Finally I have managed to install the driver and it works perfectly now after installing the binutils and kernel sources. I just wonder why they were not installed by default as they are essential Thank you Ölafur for the hint Ibrahim 2009/4/22 Ibrahim Shaame > No, it's not there. Will try to

Re: File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Steven Demetrius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be > dumb and ask it again. > > I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file > server. This is for a network, and all the computers n

Re: File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Jan Muszynski
Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be > dumb and ask it again. > > I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file > server. This is for a network, and all the computers network together > through an ISDN router modem

Re: default web browser

2009-04-22 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Apr 2009, Mark Grieveson wrote: > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:00:05 + (UTC) > debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > > Here's your problem. For some reason you are missing the > > x-www-browser=20 link. You could try: > > > > # update-alternatives --auto x-www-browser > > # a

Re: Re: Intro

2009-04-22 Thread Jozsef

Re: need a new smtp setup in exim4, help please

2009-04-22 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed Apr 22, 2009 at 16:07:06 -0700, pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: > My ISP is making some changes in email service. I have been using fetchmail > to get my mail > and exim4 to send mail to their smarthost. > Now, their new smarthost requires authentication. Edit the file /etc/exim4/pass

Re: etch to lenny upgrade - X apps no longer see keystrokes?

2009-04-22 Thread Graham Williams
> ldconfig -pNX | grep /local/ Bingo! Our servers have XWin32 LIVE libraries installed (A X11 server for MS/Windows, but which installs some libraries on the Linux box). The install of XWin32 placed links in /usr/local/lib. I removed those links and X is now functioning Thanks for th

process in background

2009-04-22 Thread Matyas Sustik
Dear Forum, I am running a video encoding process for which I would like to use all the CPU resources which would otherwise be idle. I do not want this job to get in the way of any other processes (interactive or something like mythbackend). I tried using nice -n 19 but the result is noticably s

Re: Where/What's the xorg configurator?

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Scott
Felix Miata wrote: I just installed Lenny for the first time on a system with GeForce4 MX4000 AGP. X is coming up on nv driver in 800x600. KControl provides no option to up resolution from 800x600 that I can find, nor am I able to spot anything else in the KDE menu system for X configuration. Kr

File Server

2009-04-22 Thread Lynn Kilroy
I imagine this question has been answered lots of times, but I'll be dumb and ask it again. I am setting up a Debian computer and hope to use it primarily as a file server. This is for a network, and all the computers network together through an ISDN router modem thingy. We have two Windo

Re: regarding upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Lenny Jaan
Now I have peace mind, Thanks 2 Thierry. How do I get rid of other 2 entries from the boot screen ? How do I view the versio of Lenny using command line ? Thank U, Lenny Jaan. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Where/What's the xorg configurator?

2009-04-22 Thread Felix Miata
I just installed Lenny for the first time on a system with GeForce4 MX4000 AGP. X is coming up on nv driver in 800x600. KControl provides no option to up resolution from 800x600 that I can find, nor am I able to spot anything else in the KDE menu system for X configuration. Krandrtray tops out at 8

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Alex Infantes
On Miércoles 22 Abril 2009 19:13:55 Nuno Magalhães escribió: > I have the same issue and i do not have totem. > I've updated to kernel 2.6.29, problem persists. There's no core dump > i can find. Should i sent gdb's output to the pidgin folks? This only > happens in amd64, i have a laptop with 2.6.

Re: regarding upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On 23 April 2009 03:55:06 Lenny Jaan wrote: > I am using Lenny. > Just now I have upgraded the system using the following two commands : > > aptitude update > aptitude full-upgrade > > I have rebooted the system, to my surprise there are 4 entries instead > of earlier two, the entries are as follow

Re: Intro

2009-04-22 Thread s. keeling
Ben Badgley : > > My name is Ben Badgley. I live in rural Virginia, we can visit Have fun. Wise choice. If you need help, *please* tell us what you've got and what it's doing so we have a chance at helping (/var/log/* is useful). I've been loving this stuff since '93. :-) -- Any technolog

regarding upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Lenny Jaan
I am using Lenny. Just now I have upgraded the system using the following two commands : aptitude update aptitude full-upgrade I have rebooted the system, to my surprise there are 4 entries instead of earlier two, the entries are as follows : Debian/Linux Kernel 2.6.26-2-686 Debian/Linux Kernel

Re: Duvida

2009-04-22 Thread David Fox
2009/4/22 André França : > Olá Pessoal, me chamo André Luiz, e moro em Aracaju-SE; > A pouco tempo comecei a instalar o Debian 5.0 no meu Notebook e na I think you want to ask the Portuguese mailing list http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-portuguese/ -- thanks for letting me change the magneti

Re: what will happen after removing .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so?

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM, 明覺 wrote: >> In order to make pidgin work, I removed .so from the filename of >> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so, but it seems this is a common >> file, not speicific for pidgin, I'm afraid some ot

Re: openoffice_impress troubles konqueror??

2009-04-22 Thread David Fox
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:56 AM, steef wrote: > hi list, > > please read this explanation with some patience. > > for my wife i produce large files (slides) with openoffice_impress upto 140 > MB. for her presentations. before hearings of scientists i have to convert > these files into  .ppt (windo

Duvida

2009-04-22 Thread André França
Olá Pessoal, me chamo André Luiz, e moro em Aracaju-SE; A pouco tempo comecei a instalar o Debian 5.0 no meu Notebook e na hora de instalar o modo grafico e não conseguir, insistir tanto que acabou dando esse erro : Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF...done. Booting the Kernel. [

deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel

2009-04-22 Thread jidanni
All I know is I use the stock 2.6.26-2-686 kernel and see at boot: udev: deprecated sysfs layout; update the kernel or disable CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED; some udev features will not work correctly I found lots of documentation but cannot figure out if is this something bad that I did, and I need t

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Nuno Magalhães
I have the same issue and i do not have totem. I've updated to kernel 2.6.29, problem persists. There's no core dump i can find. Should i sent gdb's output to the pidgin folks? This only happens in amd64, i have a laptop with 2.6.29 x86 that runs pidgin 2.5.5 without issues - although that laptop i

need a new smtp setup in exim4, help please

2009-04-22 Thread
My ISP is making some changes in email service. I have been using fetchmail to get my mail and exim4 to send mail to their smarthost. Now, their new smarthost requires authentication. I run through dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config dialog. I see where to change the name (URL) of the new smarthost, b

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: b...@iguanasuicide.net >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable >tester? >Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:42:38 -0500 > >>In <880dece00904220507j38722eccq5b39b1d57b000...@mail.gmail.com>, >Dotan >>Cohen

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-22 Thread Javier Barroso
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:45:43PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Tue,21.Apr.09, 08:58:13, machiner wrote: >> >> > Recently I set up a blog for a couple site members and one older >> > fellow in particular is going gang-busters!  I would

Re: openoffice font problems

2009-04-22 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:27:50 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > For some documents that were apparently prepared with a proprietary > application for users of a proprietary OS, some characters (mainly > greek letters in mathematics) are not correctly displayed in > openoffice.org. I tried both lenn

Intro

2009-04-22 Thread Ben Badgley
Hello, My name is Ben Badgley. I live in rural Virginia, we can visit Timberville, which is three to five miles out. Generally speaking I'm a good old fashioned country boy, unafraid of working hard to achieve goals. Recently, put Lenny on a computer. I am busily delving into learning C, and doi

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-22 Thread machiner
Reply to: a...@c2i.net Original Message Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:42:04 +0200 RE: Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood [See Original Message Below] AYKM? http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoforge.com&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&u

voip that works on linux and windows

2009-04-22 Thread MList
Is there some program that can run on both linux and windows that provide voip (and perhaps video) other than Skype? I do not want to use Skype because of some bad comment that I read about it. Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Problems when audio capturing with headset

2009-04-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 21:57:38 -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > On Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:32:15 +0200, > Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > What output do you get for this: > > > > > > > > cat /proc/asound/{pcm,devices} > > > > > > This is the output that I've obtained: > >

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-22 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:22:29 +0300, Dotan wrote in message <880dece00904212322r17423bees4ef602e95f033...@mail.gmail.com>: > > debiantutorials.org is 4 years old, the "blog" aspect is new for > > new Debian users to write about their experiences. > > The site may have been available, but it was u

Re: etch to lenny upgrade - X apps no longer see keystrokes?

2009-04-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 08:54:25 +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > Received Tue 21 Apr 2009 7:57am +1000 from Florian Kulzer: > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 13:49:53 +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > > Received Sat 18 Apr 2009 3:34am +1000 from Florian Kulzer: > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 14:46:58

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: > > http://www.realtor.ca/ > http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) > Write to the websites and let them know that you are having trouble. They won't fix it, or code for non-IE or non-Windows syst

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
>>> You might be able to estimate the quality of a network cable by transferring >>> random data across it from one Debian host to another and measuring the >>> speed.  (Or, probably better, the ratio of (packets dropped because of >>> checksum failure) / (total packets sent)). >> >> I could probab

Re: Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Rob Starling
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:12:24PM -0400, Eric Gerlach wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: > > http://www.realtor.ca/ > http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) > > The little flags on the maps don't show up. >

Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps not working

2009-04-22 Thread Eric Gerlach
Hey all, I'm having some trouble using Microsoft Virtual Earth-based apps like: http://www.realtor.ca/ http://192.237.29.245/hastinfoweb/ (my local transit planning site) The little flags on the maps don't show up. Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just me? Cheers, -- Eric Gerlac

Re: internet using reliance zte cdma MG880 modem in debian 5.0

2009-04-22 Thread Giancarlo Pegoraro
Hi, I'm sorry for my English :) Il giorno mer, 22/04/2009 alle 20.27 +0530, Vivek Sahukar ha scritto: > hi, > I tried to connect to internet using reliance zte cdma MG880 modem in > debian 5.0 using kppp. > i gave the modem location as /dev/ttyS0. May be :) http://kagashe.blogspot.com/2008/11/zte-

Re: Can't disable touchpad tapping on HP Compaq 6715b

2009-04-22 Thread Raquel
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:00:11 +0200 Klistvud wrote: > > Howdy. > > I installed Lenny some days ago and can't seem to find a way to > disable tapping on a HP Compaq 6715b touchpad (it's an Alps > touchpad I think). I have an HP G70 with Ubuntu Intrepid installed. The switch on my keyboard won'

Re: Which C++ STL manual package in Debian

2009-04-22 Thread Lorenzo Bettini
Daniel Burrows wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 05:54:56PM +0200, Lorenzo Bettini was heard to say: Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: hce wrote: Hi, I installed stl-manual in Debian, but it is HTML format, I cannot see from the man. Is there a STL manaual package in Debian I can use the man to displ

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Not normally. Your standard NIC does not have sensors for measuring such >> things and doesn't expose that information to the OS. >> > > That's what I figured. But I figured if the NIC could give raw access > to the line then ma

Can't disable touchpad tapping on HP Compaq 6715b

2009-04-22 Thread Klistvud
Howdy. I installed Lenny some days ago and can't seem to find a way to disable tapping on a HP Compaq 6715b touchpad (it's an Alps touchpad I think). This is giving me great headaches, I've already managed to accidentally "confirm" the deletion of several files and "delete" some text in OO Wr

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Not normally.  Your standard NIC does not have sensors for measuring such > things and doesn't expose that information to the OS. > That's what I figured. But I figured if the NIC could give raw access to the line then maybe something could be done in software. > You might be able to estimate t

a good howto on postfix including its working w/ clamav

2009-04-22 Thread Sthu Deus
Good day. Can You recommend a good howto on postfix including its working w/ clamav, etc. Thank You for Your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: openoffice font problems

2009-04-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > For some documents that were apparently prepared with a proprietary > application for users of a proprietary OS, some characters (mainly greek > letters in mathematics) are not correctly displayed in openoffice.org. I > tried both lenny's and backport's 3.0. FWIW the d

openoffice font problems

2009-04-22 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
For some documents that were apparently prepared with a proprietary application for users of a proprietary OS, some characters (mainly greek letters in mathematics) are not correctly displayed in openoffice.org. I tried both lenny's and backport's 3.0. Are there some free or non-free font packages

Re: firefox 3.6 alpha

2009-04-22 Thread Bogdan
javier wrote: El lun, 20-04-2009 a las 23:19 -0400, Bogdan escribió: Hello, Has any of you installed the Firefox 3.6 Alpha pre on a Debian Sid / KDE ? I downloaded the archive and unpacked it, but when I try to run minefield I get: ./run-mozilla.sh: line 143: ./firefox-bin: cannot exe

Re: Problem running "apt-get update"

2009-04-22 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-04-22 17:28 +0200, Stephen Liu wrote: > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates mai

openoffice_impress troubles konqueror??

2009-04-22 Thread steef
hi list, please read this explanation with some patience. for my wife i produce large files (slides) with openoffice_impress upto 140 MB. for her presentations. before hearings of scientists i have to convert these files into .ppt (windows) files. when i do this with openoffice under lenny;

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread marc
Steve Kreyer said: > Hi, > > marc wrote: >> >> Nice catch. I was going to try it, but the wise men at Ubuntu have >> dropped /etc/modprobe.d/options >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117102 >> >> This seems like a strange thing to do. >> >> > if this file doesn't exist anymo

Re: Repo for downloading PSPP

2009-04-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <209730.25290...@web35203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, Stephen Liu wrote: >$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list >deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main >deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > >deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib >deb-src http://security.debian.org/

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , J.M.Roth wrote: >Now... I've been playing a little bit with this. > >First, I get some >warning: Unknown type error, skipping line >using debconf-set-selections < ... Hrm, that's somewhat troubling. It won't affect which packages are installed, but it will affect how they are configured. >

Re: Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <880dece00904220507j38722eccq5b39b1d57b000...@mail.gmail.com>, Dotan Cohen wrote: >There are cable testing equipment available, for measuring parameters >such as attenuation, crosstalk and others. Can two Debian (or >Debian-derived distros) be used to test cables in lieu or expensive >testing e

Problem running "apt-get update"

2009-04-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Debian Lenny $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb http://ftp.us.d

Repo for downloading PSPP

2009-04-22 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi folks, Debian Lenny $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb http://ftp.us.d

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread Steve Kreyer
Hi, marc wrote: Nice catch. I was going to try it, but the wise men at Ubuntu have dropped /etc/modprobe.d/options http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117102 This seems like a strange thing to do. if this file doesn't exist anymore you can also specify the option within the bo

Re: what will happen after removing .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so?

2009-04-22 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM, 明覺 wrote: > In order to make pidgin work, I removed .so from the filename of > /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so, but it seems this is a common > file, not speicific for pidgin, I'm afraid some other programs which > use it will break. Could anyone explain si

Re: what will happen after removing .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so?

2009-04-22 Thread Patrick Wiseman
2009/4/22 Patrick Wiseman : > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:43 AM, 明覺 wrote: >> In order to make pidgin work, I removed .so from the filename of >> /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so, but it seems this is a common >> file, not speicific for pidgin, I'm afraid some other programs which >> use it

internet using reliance zte cdma MG880 modem in debian 5.0

2009-04-22 Thread Vivek Sahukar
hi, I tried to connect to internet using reliance zte cdma MG880 modem in debian 5.0 using kppp. i gave the modem location as /dev/ttyS0. the modem was recognized but it showed "the modem is busy" when it tried to connect to the internet. i also tried through command line as i used to do in fedora

Re: what will happen after removing .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so?

2009-04-22 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:43 AM, 明覺 wrote: > In order to make pidgin work, I removed .so from the filename of > /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so, but it seems this is a common > file, not speicific for pidgin, I'm afraid some other programs which > use it will break. Could anyone explain s

what will happen after removing .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so?

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
In order to make pidgin work, I removed .so from the filename of /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.so, but it seems this is a common file, not speicific for pidgin, I'm afraid some other programs which use it will break. Could anyone explain simply what does /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstladspa.

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > > 2009/4/22 明覺 >> >> after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the >> error message, >> >> Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file. >> This is a

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM, 明覺 wrote: >> after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the >> error message, >> >> Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:04 PM, 明覺 wrote: > after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the > error message, > > Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file. > This is a bug in the software and has happened thro

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > > > 2009/4/22 明覺 >> >> after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the >> error message, >> >> Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file. >> This is a

Re: cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
2009/4/22 明覺 > after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the > error message, > > Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file. > This is a bug in the software and has happened through > no fault of your own. >

cannot startup pidgin after dist-upgrade

2009-04-22 Thread 明覺
after i did a dist-upgrade, pidgin cannot startup anymore, here is the error message, Pidgin 2.5.5 has segfaulted and attempted to dump a core file. This is a bug in the software and has happened through no fault of your own.

Re: Windows effects on Debian (Gnome)

2009-04-22 Thread Dimitris
You can try using compiz, or if you want a simpler (and most times faster) approach, you can use xcompmgr (aptitude install xcompmgr). Running "xcompmgr -cfCF" for example on a terminal as user will enable some effects. See also "man xcompmgr". If you like xcompmgr you can later add it to autostart

Re: Re: Lenny: Rhythmbox, mp3, sound problems

2009-04-22 Thread Len Berman
I started rhythmbox from the command line. It started up immediately. The last three lines were the message when I tried to play something. Still no sound; however, I coudn't get it to freeze. Thanks. --Len ../home/berman: rhythmbox (rhythmbox:3731): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to grab med

lenny kernel mode pppoe

2009-04-22 Thread Dima
Hello all, After upgrade to lenny from etch I found strange think, I could not rebuild pppoe source package with kernel mode support. With etch I can still do it without any problems. Does anyone has seen same strange think ? BR, Dmitri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Testing cat-5 cables with Debian as opposed to cable tester?

2009-04-22 Thread Dotan Cohen
There are cable testing equipment available, for measuring parameters such as attenuation, crosstalk and others. Can two Debian (or Debian-derived distros) be used to test cables in lieu or expensive testing equipment? I have several cat5 cables that have been twisted, bent, stepped on, dragged, ro

Re: Support for Logitech QuckCam S7500 in Lenny?

2009-04-22 Thread thveillon.debian
James Youngman wrote : > I looked for software to support the LogiTech QuckCam S7500 (a newish > USB web camera) in Lenny. Plenty of stuff appeared to be relevant, > but nothing actually seemed to work (for example, one piece of > software turned out to be for parallel port driven cameras). Wit

Re: problems installing lenny on dell laptop

2009-04-22 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 01:48:55AM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a blind user of lenny. I installed lenny using my braille display > without a problem onto my gateway desktop system. So am I :) > However, when I boot the lenny dvd or cd on my dell latitude d600 > laptop, it is no

Re: where to download sid?

2009-04-22 Thread Daniel Dalton
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 01:26:57PM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > Hi, > > I am very new to the debian world, but someone suggested I try out sid. Probably not the best idea if you are new to linux or debian... I would recommend stable: debian lenny... What do you need from sid? Also, have you consid

Support for Logitech QuckCam S7500 in Lenny?

2009-04-22 Thread James Youngman
I looked for software to support the LogiTech QuckCam S7500 (a newish USB web camera) in Lenny. Plenty of stuff appeared to be relevant, but nothing actually seemed to work (for example, one piece of software turned out to be for parallel port driven cameras). With the popularity of Logitech ha

Re: where to download sid?

2009-04-22 Thread Paul Johnson
Don Raikes wrote: > Hi, > > I am very new to the debian world, but someone suggested I try out sid. > > I am wondering where I can download the sid cd isos from? > > I found the lenny cd's but not sid. > If you're very new to the Debian world, odds are if you go with Sid, you're gonna have a

Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

2009-04-22 Thread marc
Steve Kreyer said: > Hi *, > > thank you all for your help on this issue. With Justins advice on the > nvnews forum thread I was able to fix it using the > > $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/options > options nvidia NVreg_UseVBios=0 > > workaround. I wonder that I didn't stumbled over this thread dur

Re: Question about get-selections

2009-04-22 Thread J . M . Roth
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. iguanasuicide.net> writes: > >I'd rather do > >aptitude -F '%p' search '~i~M' > auto_installed_packages > >Your command does not work if the package state is e.g. 'i A' > >(note the space) > > Actually, it only works in that case. Of course, because of the search > terms

Re: Chillispot for Stable

2009-04-22 Thread Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक]
2009/4/22 Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson : > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:37:06PM +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote: >> Hello Debian Users, >> >> I found that chillispot is not available in Stable Repos, it's there >> in Oldstable and Unstable though. How can I install it on my stable >> system? Is the

Re: cpufreq_conservative on Lenny AMD64?

2009-04-22 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
[Follow-up on debian-laptop. Dropping other lists/newsgroups] Hi, On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 00:46 +, s. keeling wrote: > > This box is an HP Pavilion dv4, AMD64. [..] it's always running hot. The fan > is > always on. I'd like to have this thing ramp its CPU frequency back to > its minimum wh

Re: debiantutorials.org seeks input and new blood

2009-04-22 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 22 April 2009 04:01:57 H.S. wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > If you are seeking help, it might be worth supplying a URL. The truth of > > your > > Isn't that in the subject line? Or am I missing something here? > > > > > -- > > Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its cor

Re: cpufreq_conservative on Lenny AMD64?

2009-04-22 Thread Bogdan
Hi, > I've been through /etc/default fixing stuff there. I've fought with > /etc/cpufreqd.conf, to no result. "Restarting CPU Frequency daemon: > cpufreqd failed!" Ideas? I would expect this machine to be new > enough to handle cpufreq's latest abilities. you don't really need cpufreqd (unles