Re: is it safe to reomve all the other video card driver?

On Fri,15.May.09, 12:08:55, 明覺 wrote: > my video card is nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT, but i found that > my debian system also installed all the other drivers, like ati, > arp.., is it safe to remove all the other drivers except the > xserver-xorg-video-nv? thanks. Yes, unless you expec

Re: No console from X

On Thu,14.May.09, 20:57:29, Ed Jabbour wrote: > I can't get to a console from X. I.e., alt-ctrl-f1, 2 get me only a > black screen with no prompt. The same thing happens if I try "console login" > from kdm. inittab is the default. Graphics driver NVidia 173.14.09. Any > hints, pointers

update-manager: internet access not working since update [was: Re: Help! Lost GDM-based Internet Access in Squeeze]

On Thu,14.May.09, 14:03:37, Ken L. Klaser wrote: > The basic problem is this: I updated Debian Squeeze last night using a > weekly scheduled Update Manager update (may have been first one since > dist-upgrade, and since last night's update, Network Manager in Gnome > (or the display manager GUI),

RE: response from the host command for a private address listed in /etc/hosts

Aaron, > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 23:02:17 -0500 > ... If you tell your LAN > machines to use the router (with dnsmasq) as their DNS server, that > should work. > > Or do I misunderstand? Exactly what I want. Thanks,... p. crawford ___

RE: response from the host command for a private address listed in /etc/hosts

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Peter Crawford wrote: > Boyd & others, > > > Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:12 -0500 > > ... > > So, it always uses DNS, not paying attention to your settings in > > nsswitch.conf. In particular, it doesn't read /etc/hosts because it > > doesn't use the "files" NS module. > > OK

is it safe to reomve all the other video card driver?

my video card is nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT, but i found that my debian system also installed all the other drivers, like ati, arp.., is it safe to remove all the other drivers except the xserver-xorg-video-nv? thanks. -- 我的操作系統是Gnu/Linux Debian/gNewSense Gnome Mozilla Gmail/Evolution

Re: Upgrading mdadm-based RAID arrays

On Fri, 15 May 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > I wouldn't make up raid devices with other raid device (I think its > possible), but I seem to remember thats its not advisable. You're correct. Don't stack md devices if you want to be on the safe side. Nobody tests that regularly, and it has caused probl

No console from X

I can't get to a console from X. I.e., alt-ctrl-f1, 2 get me only a black screen with no prompt. The same thing happens if I try "console login" from kdm. inittab is the default. Graphics driver NVidia 173.14.09. Any hints, pointers, appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

Re: Using terminal output as input

Dotan Cohen writes: > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > example is the which command: > $ which firefox > /usr/bin/firefox > $ This may be a stupid question, but what's the difference between

Re: Upgrading mdadm-based RAID arrays

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 02:06:59PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Got an answer: RTFM! :-) > >-z, --size= > [...] > This value can be set with --grow for RAID level 1/4/5/6. If the > array was created with a size smaller than the currently active >

Upgrading mdadm-based RAID arrays

Hello debian! I have a RAID-5 mdadm array with 4x500GB drives (1.4TB usable). I'm running out of space and am going to buy a new drive, but I would like to move to 1TB drives (either RAID-5 or RAID-10, haven't quite decided yet). I can't afford to buy all new 1TB drives at once so I'm thinking a

Re: mount.crypt, LUKS volumes and keyfiles

When the date was Wednesday 13 May 2009, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote: > Has anybody managed to mount a LUKS volume using a key-file, with > 'mount.crypt'? (or 'just mount') Have you tried pmount? -- Michael Iatrou -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Help! Lost GDM-based Internet Access in Squeeze

Hi, I need to file a bug report, but I'm a new Debian and Linux user, and am having some problems doing so, Reportbug seems to fail. I've never used Reportbug before! Therefore I've followed the instructions at http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#whatpackage which says, "If you are unable to det

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

When the date was Thursday 14 May 2009, thveillon.debian wrote: > Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > 2009/5/14 Daryl Styrk > > > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:15:42AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > >

Re: Upgrading mdadm-based RAID arrays

Got an answer: RTFM! :-) -z, --size= [...] This value can be set with --grow for RAID level 1/4/5/6. If the array was created with a size smaller than the currently active drives, the extra space can be accessed using --grow. The size

Re: Re: mpirun problem

I installed the openssh-server package and now I can use mpirun. Thanks Dimitris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Vicam missing firmware

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:46:33 +0200, Raven wrote: > Hi all. I recently upgraded my desktop box to a more powerful hardware > configuration. Before the upgrade (and the re-install of debian > unstable) I was running a vanilla kernel, but now I switched to the one > from the repositories, "2.6.29-

Re: keyboard problem

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:09:17 -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > > Hi! > > I just installed testing (laptop and system) in hp dv6420la. I upgraded to > testing (changed sources.list and dist-upgrade) Note: My comment below assumes that you meant upgrading from testing to unstable here. (AF

Re: Using terminal output as input

In <78582fa40905141033n6248df7fy35fb1727e260d...@mail.gmail.com>, S Scharf wrote: >$(ekiga 2>/dev/stdout | head -2 | tail -1) More portable, but the same results: $(ekiga 2>&1 | head -n 2 | tail -n 1) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: differences of gfortran on amd64 and i386

> Hello list, > > I have a rather funny and annoying problem with a third-party fortran > program. It is a non-free scientific program for some physical > calculations. I get different output values, if I compile and run the > same fortran code on amd64 or i386. > > In fact, depending on the inpu

RE: DNS lookups in Sid

> This doesn't look like a problem with DNS. > > But what could it be? Does /etc/hosts begin thus? 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost 127.0.1.1mycomputer.invalidmycomputer If so, try commenting the 2nd line. Regards, ... p. crawford ___

Re: DNS lookups in Sid

* Old Crankbuster [2009-05-14 19:25:48 +0700]: > * Old Crankbuster [2009-05-14 19:22:14 +0700]: > > > > $ nslookup security.debian.org > > Server: 127.0.0.1 > > Address:127.0.0.1#53 > > > Oops wrong output, should read: > > Server: 192.168.1.1 > Address: 1

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM, S Scharf wrote: > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> > Not pretty but how about >> > `ekiga | head -2 | tail -1` >> > >> > (note use of backticks) >> > >> >> That's creative! It doesn't seem to work on this system, I will try on >> Real

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Not pretty but how about > > `ekiga | head -2 | tail -1` > > > > (note use of backticks) > > > > That's creative! It doesn't seem to work on this system, I will try on > Real Debian (tm) when I get home. However, it does require > foreknowl

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS

On Thursday 14 May 2009 16:37:19 green wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote at 2009-05-14 09:33 -0500: > > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some > > time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just > > downloaded. It surely must be there - but where is the

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 05:55:35PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > example is the which command: > $ which firefox > /usr/bin/firefox > $ > > Now, I would like to

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS

Lisi Reisz wrote at 2009-05-14 09:33 -0500: > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some time > looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just downloaded. > It surely must be there - but where is there? This? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.

Re: Using terminal output as input

In <880dece00905140755w67aefd85uacffa635c306...@mail.gmail.com>, Dotan Cohen wrote: >I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the >output of one terminal command as the input for another. UNIX-ish OSes and programs are designed for this, but you'll have to learn the small t

Re: Installing xfce 4.6 on Lenny

On Thu,14.May.09, 13:01:25, Adam Hardy wrote: > Hi you German users, > > is the keyboard layout switcher plugin for xfce working in 4.6? > > I'm using 4.4 (default pkg from the repo) and the switcher is up the > creek - work-around requires CLI commands. As far as I can tell it works now. > Also

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS - thank you

On Thursday 14 May 2009 16:16:42 Chris Burkhardt wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some > > time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just > > downloaded. It surely must be there - but where is there? > > On the F

Re: Using terminal output as input

Dotan Cohen wrote: >> Not pretty but how about >> `ekiga | head -2 | tail -1` >> >> (note use of backticks) >> >> > > That's creative! It doesn't seem to work on this system, I will try on > Real Debian (tm) when I get home. However, it does require > foreknowledge of the output, which I suppo

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/09 12:30, Daryl Styrk wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:15:42AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: >> I dumped Network Manager and went with WiCD. No regrets for doing so. > >> - Nate >> > > Same here much better. > Alternatively can setup /et

Re: Using terminal output as input

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/09 15:55, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > example is the which command: > $ which firefox > /usr/bin/firefox > $ >

RE: Udev and device name unstable

> /dev/fujitsu which it gets from the ... That was meant to indicate the serial number. /dev/fujitsu1234567 for example. Hotmail omitted some of the text in the prior message. ... p. crawford _ Find info faste

RE: Udev and device name unstable

Andrei Popescu wrote, > Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:20:31 +0300 > ... > Those are usually symbolic links to the real device: > > $ ls -l /dev/dvd* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-12 09:05 /dev/dvd -> hda > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-12 09:05 /dev/dvdrw -> hda With scsi storage, which inclu

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS

Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some time > looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just downloaded. > It surely must be there - but where is there? On the FTP server in the same directory as the image you downloaded is a

Re: Using terminal output as input

> Also note that > > $(ekiga | head -2 | tail -1) > > is a more portable equivalent.  $() is the same as `` but unlike `` can > be nested, and has less quoting issues.  You can enclose it in > double quotes, for example since it behaves like a variable expansion. > That also does not work on Debia

Re: Using terminal output as input

> Not pretty but how about > `ekiga | head -2 | tail -1` > > (note use of backticks) > That's creative! It doesn't seem to work on this system, I will try on Real Debian (tm) when I get home. However, it does require foreknowledge of the output, which I suppose is all right if the user can run the

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:08:14AM -0400, S Scharf wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > > example is the which command: > > $

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the > output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic > example is the which command: > $ which firefox > /usr/bin/firefox > $ > > Now, I would like to use tha

Re: Using terminal output as input

> do you mean using the back-quote > `which firefox` > the above command will fire the firefox command Thanks, Bhasker. I meant to ask, in the more general sense, how to use the terminal output as input. The second example in the OP describes that more. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com ht

RE: response from the host command for a private address listed in /etc/hosts

Boyd & others, > Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:12 -0500 > ... > So, it always uses DNS, not paying attention to your settings in > nsswitch.conf. In particular, it doesn't read /etc/hosts because it doesn't > use the "files" NS module. OK, thanks. dnsmasq on a linux router can provide a subordin

Re: Using terminal output as input

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Dotan Cohen wrote: I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic example is the which command: $ which firefox /usr/bin/firefox $ do you mean using the back-quote `which firefox` the a

Using terminal output as input

I am using a Debian-based distro (Ubuntu). Often I need to use the output of one terminal command as the input for another. A classic example is the which command: $ which firefox /usr/bin/firefox $ Now, I would like to use that output as input, to start firefox. Other than manually typing it in,

Re: 5.0.1 MD5SUMS

On Thu, 14 May 2009, Lisi Reisz wrote: I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just downloaded. It surely must be there - but where is there? dpkg -S `which md5sum` coreutils: /usr/bin/md5sum server:

5.0.1 MD5SUMS

I am clearly going either blind or mad. In spite of spending quite some time looking, I cannot find the MD5sum for 5.0.1, which I have just downloaded. It surely must be there - but where is there? Help anyone? TIA Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Strange printing problem in iceweasel -pelase help.

Thank you. But my trouble has nothing to do with printer as I cannot print to a file either. It seems to be a iceweasel problem in printing selected pages. Ramesh Andrew Malcolmson wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Can you please tell me why this might

Re: Strange printing problem in iceweasel -pelase help.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: > Can you please tell me why this might be happening and what experiments I > can do to further investigate? I tried googling and got nowhere. > Take a look at the Ubuntu wiki page on debugging printing issues: https://wiki.ubuntu.com

differences of gfortran on amd64 and i386

Hello list, I have a rather funny and annoying problem with a third-party fortran program. It is a non-free scientific program for some physical calculations. I get different output values, if I compile and run the same fortran code on amd64 or i386. In fact, depending on the input file it exits

Re: if no NFS server clients are waiting..

the fstab entry is this vim /etc/fstab 192.168.1.1:/mnt/share/ /home/user/Desktop/Share/ nfs defaults,ro,nfsvers=3,nolock 0 0

Re: if no NFS server clients are waiting..

I tried "ls --color=never" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468049 it still waits I tried on the client side with other mount options: intr, soft it still waits update :D : I turn the NFS server down Clients hang reboot client client cant see the NFS share, but at least it doesn't wai

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > 2009/5/14 Daryl Styrk mailto:darylst...@gmail.com>> > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:15:42AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > I dumped Network Manager and went with WiCD. No regrets for doing

Re: gnome setup question

Klistvud wrote: Dne, 13. 05. 2009 01:09:09 je Jude DaShiell napisal(a): Does debian flavor of gnome come with sound that can play on the sound card when gnome starts up? If so, what needs to be done to turn that capability on? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: DNS lookups in Sid

* Old Crankbuster [2009-05-14 19:22:14 +0700]: > $ nslookup security.debian.org > Server: 127.0.0.1 > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > Oops wrong output, should read: Server: 192.168.1.1 Address:192.168.1.1#53 -- Cheers signature.asc Description: Digital signatu

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

2009/5/14 Daryl Styrk > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:15:42AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > I dumped Network Manager and went with WiCD. No regrets for doing so. > > > > - Nate >> > > Same here much better. > > - -- > +1

Re: DNS lookups in Sid

* Jörg-Volker Peetz [2009-05-14 12:17:01 +0200]: > What is the outcome of the command > > dig +short > > or alternatively > > nslookup > > ? # apt-get update: (truncated, all repositories return the same) Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg Could not resolve 'sec

Re: Installing xfce 4.6 on Lenny

Hi you German users, is the keyboard layout switcher plugin for xfce working in 4.6? I'm using 4.4 (default pkg from the repo) and the switcher is up the creek - work-around requires CLI commands. Also, are there massive improvements between 4.4 and 4.6? regards Adam Christoph Pilka on 12

Re: Internationalisation packages for KDE

On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:01:17 +0200 Sven Joachim wrote: Hello Sven, > suit because no packages _depend_ on the KDE translations. Since there > was no schedule for KDE 4 to enter testing, this action was certainly > premature. Thanks for the explanation, Sven. > Should not be a big problem thou

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:15:42AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > I dumped Network Manager and went with WiCD. No regrets for doing so. > > - Nate >> Same here much better. - -- Daryl Styrk Naples, FL USA -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: G

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

* Patrick Wiseman [2009 May 13 08:43 -0500]: > The reason I asked is that network-manager has been freezing my system > and the maintainer, who believes it's a kernel problem, asked me to > test it against the latest kernel. But I really don't want to get > ahead of, or out of sync with, where t

Re: Internationalisation packages for KDE

On 2009-05-14 12:38 +0200, Brad Rogers wrote: > I've been trying to find out why the KDE internationalisation packages > are no longer available in testing. Searches of Google have provided no > useful info. Similarly, searching debian.org revealed nothing. Maybe I > can't fathom the correct in

Internationalisation packages for KDE

Hello All, I've been trying to find out why the KDE internationalisation packages are no longer available in testing. Searches of Google have provided no useful info. Similarly, searching debian.org revealed nothing. Maybe I can't fathom the correct incantations. Does anyone know why? -- Re

Re: DNS lookups in Sid

What is the outcome of the command dig +short or alternatively nslookup ? -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

RT3.6 failing mysteriously after lenny upgrade

I finally got around to upgrading from etch to lenny about a week ago and, since then, my Request Tracker installation has been returning blank pages after about 24 hours of operation. An `apache2ctl graceful` will get it working again, but, the next day, I'm right back to blank pages. These whit

Re: gnome setup question

Dne, 13. 05. 2009 01:09:09 je Jude DaShiell napisal(a): > Does debian flavor of gnome come with sound that can play on the > sound > > card when gnome starts up? If so, what needs to be done to turn that > capability on? > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian

Re: Why is the kernel in testing so far behind what's current?

Patrick Wiseman wrote: Thanks, guys, for suggesting that - I used to build a custom kernel the "Debian way" all the time, but am out of the habit. I'll get back into it. Patrick Personally I dont know why you would. My suggestion, get unstables version, if that does not work, then try ro

Re: mpirun problem

Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote: I created the key by using ssh-keygen but then when I try to copy the public key to the node (my laptop) by using ssh-copy-id machine_name I get ssh: connect to host machine_name port 22: Connection refused Dimitris You probably need to install a ssh se

Re: Re: mpirun problem

I created the key by using ssh-keygen but then when I try to copy the public key to the node (my laptop) by using ssh-copy-id machine_name I get ssh: connect to host machine_name port 22: Connection refused Dimitris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: DNS lookups in Sid

* Andrei Popescu [2009-05-14 08:59:58 +0300]: > Maybe this NEWS entry? > > ,[ /usr/share/doc/libc6/NEWS.Debian ] > | glibc (2.9-8) unstable; urgency=low > | > | Starting with version 2.9-8, unified IPv4/IPv6 lookup have been enabled > | in the glibc's resolver. This is faster, fixes nume

Hal and xorg

What is the status of hal and xorg integration? Are package maintainers going to make hal rekomended package or leave it as is (depends)? On BTS* #515214 is marked wontfix, but wiki page** says it might be changed. JR * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515214 ** http://wiki.debian

Re: I can not set up postfix to send email through SSL-connection

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:05:27AM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: > On 14 May 2009, at 07:54, Sthu Deus wrote: > >> Thank You for Your time and answer, James and, especially, Andrei: >> >>> I assume you want to send mail via smarthost. Please provide >>> /etc/postfix/main.cf >> >> It is big - is it

Re: I can not set up postfix to send email through SSL-connection

On Jo,14.mai.09, 13:54:14, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, James and, especially, Andrei: > > > I assume you want to send mail via smarthost. Please provide > > /etc/postfix/main.cf > > It is big - is it ok if post it whole here? Or, may I will use grep for > some exact in

Re: ps merge problem

adel azadehfar wrote: > hi when i use of > gswin32.exe gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=ali3.ps -f > ali1.ps ali2.ps > > don't working .can do u help me ? Just go to http://goodbye-microsoft.com/, install debian and you will get a free and more powerful OS and maybe even so

Re: I can not set up postfix to send email through SSL-connection

On 14 May 2009, at 07:54, Sthu Deus wrote: Thank You for Your time and answer, James and, especially, Andrei: I assume you want to send mail via smarthost. Please provide /etc/postfix/main.cf It is big - is it ok if post it whole here? Or, may I will use grep for some exact info? Also,