Re: debian testing installer & encrypted LVM question

2009-07-03 Thread Suno Ano
Giorgos> Hello to everybody! My laptop has a partition with Vista and Giorgos> the rest of the disk is free space. I boot the debian Giorgos> installer cd and the question is: can I somehow select the Giorgos> 'lvm + encrypt' scheme while preserving the vista partition? Giorgos> This 'use ent

Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

2009-07-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively. From this page www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BMOE-3VAM8Y#t I see the 2.23 BIOS but I

Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

2009-07-03 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I have a two-year-old ThinkPad T60. They included a note saying that they had also upgraded the BIOS and embedded controller--to 2.23 and 1.07 respectively. From this page www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=BMOE-3VAM8Y#t I see the 2.23 BIOS but I

debian testing installer & encrypted LVM question

2009-07-03 Thread Giorgos Pallas
Hello to everybody! My laptop has a partition with Vista and the rest of the disk is free space. I boot the debian installer cd and the question is: can I somehow select the 'lvm + encrypt' scheme while preserving the vista partition? This 'use entire disk' which goes along the encrypted lvm trou

Re: How to create hidden files?

2009-07-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Dennis Wicks [2009 Jul 03 19:00 -0500]: > Greetings; > > Back in the dim distant past I remember that one could create hidden or > "secret" file with Basic on DOS and at least early Windows (3.0). I was > never able to figure out where those files were. > > Any way, is there a way of doing thi

How to create hidden files?

2009-07-03 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; Back in the dim distant past I remember that one could create hidden or "secret" file with Basic on DOS and at least early Windows (3.0). I was never able to figure out where those files were. Any way, is there a way of doing this in linux? I know that some commands/programs won'

Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500: solved !

2009-07-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Jul.09, 10:07:32, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > Ok I had to change my apt/preferences just during the m-a steps (how > do I specify that otherwise ?). Sorry, I'm not familiar with your setup. I have a pure unstable and my instructions should also work on pure testing. Are you running a

Re: iceweasel puzzle

2009-07-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and which

Re: kvm -net nic -net tap makes no network.

2009-07-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Oh! Thank You, Gilles: > I forgot to show my network configuration, especialy my bridge I did not see the answer. Now seems it works. I can not test it now for my modem stops working when I bring up the br0 - I guess I have to tune up the route table. I will write latter if something will go wron

Re: Uptimes - any guidance?

2009-07-03 Thread lee
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:30:01PM +0100, AG wrote: > I am just curious whether or not there is any guidance/ advice on how > long uptimes should be allowed to be run, or whether it is wise to shut > down and reboot? > > I'm thinking "wise" as from the perspective of the system and its > over

Re: kvm -net nic -net tap makes no network.

2009-07-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Gilles: > Here I got : > $ ip route ls > 10.0.0.0/24 dev br0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.1 > default via 10.0.0.4 dev br0 > > Do you really have a network interace ? A default gateway ? No. And this makes me troubles. Now, using Your values of the $1

Re: Can postfix misconfiguration lead to OS breakage?

2009-07-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You very much for Your time and answer, Boyd: > Can your kernel flash your BIOS? In theory it could hide there and in > whatever NVRAM your system has. I use common kernels from common repos. Can they? > When you "reformat" do you simply repartition and recreate filesystems, > leaving y

Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

2009-07-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:20:35AM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 10:22:58AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > > > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > >

Re: iceweasel puzzle

2009-07-03 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-07-03 13:27 +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. > In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If > I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. > > On my wife's computer, which uses th

Re: iceweasel puzzle

2009-07-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:50:10 -0300 tyler wrote: Hello tyler, > These things are often the result of the website being confused by your > user agent string. I guess Ubuntu uses standard firefox, while Debian Just checked the site from here, using the standard IceWeasel agent string, and everythi

Re: iceweasel puzzle

2009-07-03 Thread tyler
Jan Willem Stumpel writes: > I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. > In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If > I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. > > On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall,

Re: Installing Debian alongside Windows Vista?

2009-07-03 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 06:49:18PM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Yup, no problem as long as you have some unpartitioned disk space on > your hard drive. If not, you can use gparted from a live cd to shrink > your windows partition. It might be that you need to defragment (in > windows!) you

Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

2009-07-03 Thread Jesse Sheidlower
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 10:22:58AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > > > Next suggestion? :-( > > Just guessing: hardware failure? > > On the f

Problem with compiz+ 2 video card

2009-07-03 Thread Jesus arteche
Hi, I have compiz with the cube effect installed. I have 2 monitors connected to two video cards. I got a black image in one of the monitor and i can move the mouse over there but without can do anyting with it. I dont know why it is happening. someone can help me. I paste my xorg.conf file here:

Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless

2009-07-03 Thread Mariusz Sielicki
2009/7/2 JoeHill : > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the Debian Wiki: > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx > > but then found out that my particular device was not supported by that driver. > > I then tried the tutorial on this page: > > http://wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapp

iceweasel puzzle

2009-07-03 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
I use iceweasel to visit the site http://www.strictlysudoku.com. In the left-hand column there are ĺogin' and 'register' links. If I click one of those, a window pops up, but it is completely blank. On my wife's computer, which uses the same gateway/firewall, and which is also more or less Debian

maximise application goes right under gnome's bottom panel

2009-07-03 Thread Brent Clark
Hiya Im running debian testing and gnome. But i dont think that im running testing has anything to do with my little problem. If I maximise an application or console, the bottom of the application goes right under gnome's bottom panel. The only way I can see the bottom is if I goto the prope

apt-cacher-ng behind apache2 proxypass. PDiff problems

2009-07-03 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi list, I'm having trouble with next arch: apt-cacher-ng <-> proxypass (apache2) <-> apt apt-cacher-ng is configured by default, and apt works fine if I config it to Acquire::Http::Proxy "http://apt-cacher:314";; and "deb http://ftp.xx.debian.org/debian ..." line in sources.list But I would li

Re: wrong permission?

2009-07-03 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 24.06.09 21:49, ronggui wong wrote: > Now, I figured out the reason. It is because documentation folder is > set as "my document" under my Windows XP. How is Debian so smart to > know that? apparently a wine issue. Another possible reason would be that the is set to read-only. > On Thu, Jun 11

Re: Wireless networking help - can't find AP

2009-07-03 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 30. 06. 2009 09:26:39 je Joel Roth napisal(a): > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:08:17PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:23:39 + > > Joel Roth wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > My wireless network interface is present: > > > > > > $ iwconfig wlan0 > > > > > > wlan0 IEEE 802

Re: Help with ndiswrapper and Broadcom wireless

2009-07-03 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 02. 07. 2009 06:22:48 je Thierry Chatelet napisal(a): > On Thursday 02 July 2009 05:09:51 JoeHill wrote: > > I first tried to get wireless working following this page on the > Debian > > Wiki: > > > > http://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx > > > > but then found out that my particular device was not s

Re: Cups - printer..........

2009-07-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 19:07:05 +1000, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: > >On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote: > >> > >> Could someone please tell me what they have in their: Cups server> > >> Host and Port when they do:

Re: Java lib packages

2009-07-03 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 02 July 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4fe4c4f50907021347r2fcba2dcqa1b0ca7e2db79...@mail.gmail.com>, ChadDavis > > wrote: > >> In any case, the lib*-java packages are not specifically for developers. > >> They are shared dependencies of the Java applications that are part of

connection problem between BlueZ and BT module via UART port.

2009-07-03 Thread bt module
Hi! I am currently working on Debian with the latest version of kernel 2.6 of linux. I have bought a bluetooth module of the CSR company ( BTM-330, running with the BC4_roam type microprocessor) I have tried to link it with öy computer via the HCI protocol already existing on the one hand on Lin

Re: Cups - printer..........

2009-07-03 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:52:41 +0200 Florian Kulzer shared this with us all: >On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:49 +1000, Charlie wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Could someone please tell me what they have in their: Cups server> >> Host and Port when they do: >> >> If they use cups and printer wo

Re: ThinkPad freezing after hw update?

2009-07-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > Unfortunately, a few seconds after hitting the MEPIS desktop > screen, it, too, locks up hard, and I have to reboot. > > Next suggestion? :-( Just guessing: hardware failure? On the face of it your machine worked before you sent it for repairs and does not work after it

Re: Looking for Tyler MacDonald .

2009-07-03 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Michael McGlothlin wrote: > I'm looking for the owner of Yi.org/WhyI.org, Tyler MacDonald aka > Crackerjack. I see that he posted on here on May 14, 2009 despite > refusing to respond to my efforts at communication for the past year. This is a public mailing list, not a public enquiry service. The

Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500: solved !

2009-07-03 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
'lo On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 23:15:27, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Andrei Popescu >> wrote: >> > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 15:27:09, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> >> After loosing hours on this I gave up and use the official n

barriers ...

2009-07-03 Thread lee
Hi, I'm seeing the message "JBD: barrier-based sync failed on md127p1:8 - disabling barriers" since I got new disks. I found an explanation to what that is supposed to mean: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-...@vm.marist.edu/msg33117.html What I don't understand is the designation of the storage

Re: Installing nvidia / lenny / DELL Precision T7500

2009-07-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,02.Jul.09, 23:15:27, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > On Thu,02.Jul.09, 15:27:09, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > >> After loosing hours on this I gave up and use the official nvidia.sh > >> installer which work out perfectly. > > > > Too bad

Re: Boot issue, new installation of Lenny with mirrored /boot and mirrored lvm2

2009-07-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Franklin, On Fri, July 3, 2009 4:36 pm, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > Your problem is probably inside your /boot/initrd... file > > You might want to "rebuild" it, using update-initramfs Tried that, multiple ways: update-initramfs -u -k all update-initramfs -n -k all > Also, did you read /usr/shar

Re: how can i limit system resources for a particular process? [solved]

2009-07-03 Thread Jordi Moles Blanco
hi, thanks for the info, it's been really useful. vitaminix: what you suggested helped, but as Todd sais it has more to do with memory than with CPU, i didn't actually have a clue where the bottleneck was. Todd: what you suggested works great. I kept playing with bs and count parameters, co

Re: the ever present wireless problem

2009-07-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,02.Jul.09, 16:07:27, Robert Holtzman wrote: > I'm running a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router hard wired to a > desktop and a Dell D600 with a Broadcom BCM5705M ethernet controller > and Lenny. I'm having a problem getting The Dell to work with You could try a newer kernel (from www.backports