Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:56:25AM +0200, PierPaolo wrote: > so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! > > it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a > fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i > try gentoo (aaagh!),,

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 21:35:33, C. G. Montgomery wrote: > # for DSL > iface eth1 inet dhcp > > and rebooted the machine. Then I have If you want an interface to come up automatically you need either one of: auto eth1 allow-hotplug eth1 Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you do

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 22:26:06, C. G. Montgomery wrote: > No, there is just one ethernet port. Eventually I will want to set up a > local network with several machines using the DSL, but for now I just > want a single cable from the DSL modem to the PC, and a single network > interface besides the l

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 18:56:48, Celejar wrote: > a) I've seen some references to doing it in /etc/default/rcS as you > have it, and some in /etc/init.d/rc. On my Sid install, the > standard /etc/default/rcS has no concurrency variable in it, while the > one under init.d has it set to "none". Which

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Stefan Monnier
> In this context what do you mean by misrepresenting verifiable facts? I > wrote "34 MB" and "37 MB" in my original mail. Your message has a > slightly aggressive tone which I don't understand. It's because it's not "aggressive", only "defensive". Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Looking for a media center application

2009-08-31 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I installed "freevo" from the lenny repository about two months ago. Thanks. That sounds like a good candidate as well, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Chris ! Chris Jones wrote: On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 08:08:50PM EDT, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: if applicable, how can we do that ? Use vim's binary mode. $ vim -b binary-file And before you start editing

Re: Network Manager cannot be removed

2009-08-31 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Can you explain what exactly you mean by that and why NM isn't multi-user. In what way is it multi-user? Try it: log in once, look at the applet; then log in a second time with another user, look at the absence of the applet. I actually find the UI fairly good, but I find it a drag that it can'

Re: Post to this list delayed over 15 hours

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 21:00:15, John Magolske wrote: > * John Magolske [090830 11:25]: > > My last post to this list took over 15 hours to get through, > > looks like the issue has to do with greylisting > > Thanks Cameron for the explanation of greylisting, & thanks Andrei > for the Mypostsareconsid

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 18:10:24, Celejar wrote: > > "Google did not explain why using this new feature was so important," > Perry said. "This gives people who routinely log in to Gmail beginning > with an https:// session a false sense of security, because they think > they're secure but they're really

Re: Fwd: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Arthur Barlow wrote: >No filesystem could mount root, tried: >Kenel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >unknown-block(0,0) > >My grub menu.lst looks like this: > >titleDebian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.30 >root(hd0,0) >kernel/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=/dev/

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 08:08:50PM EDT, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: > if applicable, how can we do that ? Use vim's binary mode. $ vim -b binary-file And before you start editing: :h edit-binary CJ -- To U

Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi ! Niu Kun wrote: Peng Yu ??: On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Niu Kun wrote: Peng Yu ??: Hi, I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they certainly do not have all the source code packages.

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
08/31/2009 05:59 PM, Lisi Reisz: The details of the desktop are unimportant, [...] XFCE is currently looking like the front runner, but I fear that it may be en route to getting bloated. Opinions, please. [...] I am trying to speed things up. I have no old machine, but yes XFCE is more and mo

Re: Post to this list delayed over 15 hours

2009-08-31 Thread John Magolske
* John Magolske [090830 11:25]: > My last post to this list took over 15 hours to get through, > looks like the issue has to do with greylisting Thanks Cameron for the explanation of greylisting, & thanks Andrei for the Mypostsareconsideredspamandrejected link on wiki.debian.org, I went ahead and

Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Niu Kun
Peng Yu 写道: On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Niu Kun wrote: Peng Yu 写道: Hi, I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they certainly do not have all the source code packages. http://linux.softp

Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Peng Yu
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Niu Kun wrote: > Peng Yu 写道: >> >> Hi, >> >> I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root >> account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they >> certainly do not have all the source code packages. >> >> http://linux.softp

Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Niu Kun
Peng Yu 写道: Hi, I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they certainly do not have all the source code packages. http://linux.softpedia.com/ http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/ Can somebody let m

Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

2009-08-31 Thread Peng Yu
Hi, I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they certainly do not have all the source code packages. http://linux.softpedia.com/ http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/ Can somebody let me know where I

RE: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread Kevin Ross
Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to change the name of the device. Edit /etc/network/interfaces to change its configuration (IP address, DHCP or static, etc). The names must match in both files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 21:26, C. G. Montgomery wrote: Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 2009-08-31 20:35, C. G. Montgomery wrote: I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to a similar machine using

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread C. G. Montgomery
Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > On 2009-08-31 20:35, C. G. Montgomery wrote: >> I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel >> 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to >> a >> similar machine using an interface eth0. Now I want to

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 20:28, Celejar wrote: [Please reply only to the list, and don't cc. me, as per the list CoC.] On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:24:06 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: Celejar wrote: On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:08:50 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I would like to change the string of a fi

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Celejar wrote: >> >> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:08:50 +0800 >> Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: >>> if applicable, how can we do that ? >> >> Use a hex edito

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Celejar wrote: On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:08:50 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: if applicable, how can we do that ? Use a hex editor? Let me specify. My binary file is an executable binary file, not a data file.

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 20:35, C. G. Montgomery wrote: I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to a similar machine using an interface eth0. Now I want to connect it to my new DSL service. I changed /etc/ne

udev won't let me change my network interface?

2009-08-31 Thread C. G. Montgomery
I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to a similar machine using an interface eth0. Now I want to connect it to my new DSL service. I changed /etc/network/interfaces to contain: # /etc/network/in

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
[Please reply only to the list, and don't cc. me, as per the list CoC.] On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:24:06 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:08:50 +0800 > > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > >> Hello List, > >> > >> I would like to change the string of a file name in a

Re: Fwd: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:50:45 -0700 Arthur Barlow wrote: ... > I'm been using Debian for over a decade now, and it's always been my > practice to build new kernel with the "kernel-package" software that is part > of Debian's toolkit. I"m noticed over the last few months that all kernels > I try

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta
Please, you have to be more specific about the problem you are suffering. There is a bug in fresh installs of lenny upgrade 5.01: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515839 Solution: 1.- Restart the machine. 2.- In the GRUB press 'e' to edit the boot line which is failing (vmlinuz)

Re: LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:56:25 +0200 PierPaolo wrote: > so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! > > it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a > fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i > try gentoo (aaagh!),, then i

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:08:50 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: > if applicable, how can we do that ? Use a hex editor? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourc

Re: how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 19:08, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: if applicable, how can we do that ? With a binary or hexadecimal editor. $ apt-cache search binary editor $ apt-cache search hex editor -- Brawndo's got what plant

Re: libc6-dev dependency issuse

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 18:59, Mike Atkins wrote: I am trying to install gfortan, but I get a dependency issue with libc6-dev. I then tried to install libc6-dev by itself, but libc6-dev requires libc6 = 2.7-18, but I have libc6 = 2.9-4. Any ideas? Are you running a mixed-branch system? -- Brawndo's got

Fwd: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels

2009-08-31 Thread Arthur Barlow
-- Forwarded message -- From: Arthur Barlow Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:56 PM Subject: Boot problem with Kernel Package kernels To: debian-u...@debian.org I'm been using Debian for over a decade now, and it's always been my practice to build new kernel with the "kernel-package"

LVM on LUKS

2009-08-31 Thread PierPaolo
so... it is... ubuntu better than debian??? pleease, no! it's all day long i'm trying to set up lvm2 on top of luks properly on a fresh installed debian/lenny. previously i had this done in kubuntu9, then i try gentoo (aaagh!),, then i return to my beloved debian, but... that's another machine, s

how to modify string in binary files ?

2009-08-31 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I would like to change the string of a file name in a (propriety) binary: if applicable, how can we do that ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"

libc6-dev dependency issuse

2009-08-31 Thread Mike Atkins
I am trying to install gfortan, but I get a dependency issue with libc6-dev. I then tried to install libc6-dev by itself, but libc6-dev requires libc6 = 2.7-18, but I have libc6 = 2.9-4. Any ideas? Mike

RE: Linksys USB200M adapter failing under wicd

2009-08-31 Thread Peter Crawford
Tom, > Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:19:40 +0200 > From: thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com wrote, > relates to the default "lastused = True" in wired-settings.conf, if > there is no "lastused" settings it fails instead of using default > profile (would look like a bug...). Did you try setting [lastused

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Charles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:42:27 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 31 August 2009 16:18:16 Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:08 +0100 > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot > > >

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:46:36 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote: ... > As for speeding up the bootprocess: ... > # echo "CONCURRENCY=shell" >> /etc/default/rcS I've seen this stuff floating around the web, but it doesn't seem to be documented very well: a) I've seen some references to doing it in /

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 15:59:08 Lisi Reisz wrote: > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and > suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** Thanks very much for the advice and suggestions so far. Much appreciated. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 16:18:16 Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:08 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, > > and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** > > > > TIA > > Lisi > > I can't help with the boot process b

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:07:57 -0400 Nick Lidakis wrote: > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 07:45:48AM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > > > 2) How do I make my laptop more secure so others on wifi network can't > > steal or sniff my packets? > > > > If you're using Gmail over wifi you should be logging in wi

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:55:46 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: ... > Actually, I think I was referring to the earlier 12 to 15 minute attack, > although I didn't get either from slashdot. http://www.itworld.com/security/57285/once-thought-safe-wpa-wi-fi-encryption-cracked http://it.slashd

Re: avoid debian net installerto fetch security and volatile

2009-08-31 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2009-08-31_09:16:17, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > 08/31/2009 07:40 AM, Paul E Condon: Netinstall coupled to a d-i preseeding file can do the trick. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apb.html.en >>> Where to force to use my mirrors? >>> Although I change http.us.debian.org

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 31 August 2009 15:35:57 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-31 12:39, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Sunday 30 August 2009 09:24:26 Jason C. Wells wrote: > >> Gosh you would think that I said micro-kernels are a waste of time or > > No, micro-kernels are the only way to move forward int

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 13:51:09, Chris Jones wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:19:43AM EDT, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > [..] > > > Maybe you should 'set ignore_list_reply_to'? > > Perfect. > > Why the "maybe" - is there a caveat? I don't know, I never used that option ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you

mediawiki: edit toolbar missing

2009-08-31 Thread Tom Vier
I'm wondering if anyone has quickfix. Google wasn't much help and there's no bug report. I upgrade from etch to lenny and the toolbar on the edit page is missing. I found some pages about customizing the toolbar, but I hate to mess with the php scripts (not sure if dpkg will show you script diffs

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 12:39, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Sunday 30 August 2009 09:24:26 Jason C. Wells wrote: Gosh you would think that I said micro-kernels are a waste of time or No, micro-kernels are the only way to move forward into a pervasive cloud of computing resources. Why? No, really

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 10:25, Teemu Likonen wrote: On 2009-08-31 07:53 (-0700), Steve Lamb wrote: Teemu Likonen wrote: Memory usage can be measured different ways. What we see here is the difference between usage of VSZ and RSS memory. Neither gives the ultimate answer, only a certain point of view.

Re: Silverlight/Moonlight/Tuva

2009-08-31 Thread Terence
2009/8/31 Jan Willem Stumpel : > What is especially galling about this situation is that the > Richard Feynman lectures on "The Character of Physical Law" are > now only available on Tuva. They've disappeared from Youtube. Such > things could make a person paranoid. > You mean they're not out to

Re: Modem no longer works

2009-08-31 Thread David Baron
On Saturday 29 August 2009 23:00:53 David Baron wrote: > On Thursday 27 August 2009 16:53:08 David Baron wrote: > > > > My (older analog hw) modem, had connected on /dev/ttyS2, no longer > > > > works, say in minicom. I am running Sid. Anything I should know about > > > > here? > > > > > > There is

Re: Silverlight/Moonlight/Tuva

2009-08-31 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
David Fox wrote: > I didn't get it to work. I reloaded firefox, brought up the > site again, same thing. It thinks the silverlight / moonlight > isn't loaded, although the clicktrhough site says it is. about: > plugins in firefox says it is too. > > The abc.com videos play normally; no mention is

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Preston Boyington
Lisi Reisz wrote: > XFCE is currently looking like the front runner, but I fear that it may be en > route to getting bloated. Opinions, please. well, it's going to be a little bit of a trade off since I'm seeing more GNOME libs and such. still it will be faster and less bloated than GNOME. >

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:19:43AM EDT, Andrei Popescu wrote: [..] > Maybe you should 'set ignore_list_reply_to'? Perfect. Why the "maybe" - is there a caveat? CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: wi-fi security?

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 31 August 2009 01:04:57 Celejar wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:27:24 -0500 > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > If the wireless network uses WPA, you might be safe. There are some > > fairly sophisticated attacks against WPA personal, that don't require > > much resources besides time.

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Sunday 30 August 2009 09:24:26 Jason C. Wells wrote: > Gosh you would think that I said micro-kernels are a waste of time or No, micro-kernels are the only way to move forward into a pervasive cloud of computing resources. > that vi is the one true editor. Well, at least you got that one rig

Re: Applying a patch to existing code

2009-08-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Saturday 29 August 2009 04:30:59 AG wrote: > According to some of the folk who have developed Amarok, Amazon has > changed their API which now means that Amarok is unable to access and > download album cover art. However, a patch has been released but I have > no idea on how to apply the patch

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Sascha Silbe
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:59:08PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** Depending on the hardware / driver bugs and your specific needs, suspend-to-disk might be an option as well. The computer

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,31.Aug.09, 15:59:08, Lisi Reisz wrote: > My husband's box is currently running PCLinuxOS 2009. A dying HDD > necessitates a fresh istallation. > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and > suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** I'm running Xfce 4.6 f

Re: proofgeneral - wrong-type-argument stringp nil

2009-08-31 Thread Lionel Vaux
On 10 May 2009 21:19:01 +0200, Andreas Gösele wrote: > I'm not able to use proofgeneral (3.7.) under Debian lenny - neither > with Emacs (22.2.1) nor with XEmacs (21.4.21). > > I can start proofgeneral, if I open for instance a phox (.phx) I get > the proofgeneral menu and syntax highlighting, bu

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-31 07:53 (-0700), Steve Lamb wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> Memory usage can be measured different ways. What we see here is the >> difference between usage of VSZ and RSS memory. Neither gives the >> ultimate answer, only a certain point of view. > > Yes, and neither comes close

Re: problem flash_player_10 on ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-31 Thread Benjamin MENUET
Hi, It's because the line below is wrong : sudo cp install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ Because when you untar the archive install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz, it doesn't create the directory install_flash_player_10_linux it juste put the file libflashplayer

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread randall
Lisi Reisz wrote: > My husband's box is currently running PCLinuxOS 2009. A dying HDD > necessitates a fresh istallation. > > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and > suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** i hate to say this on a debian list ;) but i was p

METAPHON does not exist

2009-08-31 Thread Brent Clark
Hiya I got a debian server with mysql 5 and I get the following message. ERROR 1305 (42000): FUNCTION suppor_db2.METAPHON does not exist. Would anyone know how I can fix this. Got the following installed ii libdbd-mysql-perl4.007-1 A Perl5 database i

Re: Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:08 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, > and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** > > TIA > Lisi I can't help with the boot process but, if he is used to Libranet Linux (!!! really? How old is /that/?) t

Fast booting for a Debian system - and suggestions for said system

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
My husband's box is currently running PCLinuxOS 2009. A dying HDD necessitates a fresh istallation. ***I would be very grateful for help in speeding up the boot process, and suggestions for a suitable DE or WM.*** He finds the PCLOS very slow to boot up after the Libranet that he had instal

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Steve Lamb
Teemu Likonen wrote: > Memory usage can be measured different ways. What we see here is the > difference between usage of VSZ and RSS memory. Neither gives the > ultimate answer, only a certain point of view. Yes, and neither comes close to 30Mb you cited. Of course what were you using to rep

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-31 06:46 (-0700), Steve Lamb wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> If I start the same Emacs and Vim executables in a text terminal mode >> the numbers are 27 MB for Emacs and 30 MB for Vim. So it would seem >> that Emacs is a bit lighter than full-featured Vim. Both editors can >> be compil

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
08/31/2009 12:37 PM, Teemu Likonen: Bottom line: Emacs and Vim are light-weight applications in today's standards. Emacs is not heavier than a full-featured Vim. Compare it to Eclipse, too :-P -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Develo

Re: Emacs

2009-08-31 Thread Steve Lamb
Teemu Likonen wrote: > If I start the same Emacs and Vim executables in a text terminal mode > the numbers are 27 MB for Emacs and 30 MB for Vim. So it would seem that > Emacs is a bit lighter than full-featured Vim. Both editors can be > compiled with smaller set of features which may make them ev

Re: First server with hot swappable capabilities...

2009-08-31 Thread Ruben Varela
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:23 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-30 21:59, Ruben Varela wrote: >> >> Yesterday I was configuring a PowerEdge T300 that, if I remember >> correctly, has a PERC 6/i controller. >> It allowed me to build with 4 250GB Sata drives, a Raid 5 array. >> >> The server allows

Re: login manager problem for root

2009-08-31 Thread Jochen Schulz
Mohammed Rashad: > I am using Debian Lenny 5.0 > when i open login manager select properties of root account home directory > for root changes from /root to /home/root What do you want to achieve? How do you try to reach that goal? What do you expect to happen? What happens instead? J. -- I t

Re: problem flash_player_10 on ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-31 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 31 August 2009 09:08:16 Benoit durand wrote: > i've problem with flash_player_10 on ubuntu amd64. Hi! There could be various reasons why you have not so far had a reply. One could obviously be that it is not very long since you posted. But another is that this is a Debian users gro

Re: openoffice.org won't open files on my usb drive

2009-08-31 Thread Daniel Dalton
Thanks. Turns out I had FS errors on the drive. Fix those. Everything is working as expected now. Please disregard that message. Thanks, Dan. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 05:03:15PM +0530, Kousik Maiti wrote: >First check whether openoffice is running/not by the following command > >ps -aux|

Re: openoffice.org won't open files on my usb drive

2009-08-31 Thread Kousik Maiti
First check whether openoffice is running/not by the following command ps -aux| grep soffice Here you get the process id (pid) of open office Kill the process by the following command kill -9 . On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > Hi, > > When I try and open a word file

Re: openoffice.org won't open files on my usb drive

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-31 06:11, Daniel Dalton wrote: Hi, When I try and open a word file on my usb drive with openoffice.org here on debian squeez, I get this error: Openoffice.org: The file has been locked by unknown user. Open read only Open a copy. So, how can i stop it from saying this so I can edit

Re: Etch to Lenny Upgrade Attempt

2009-08-31 Thread spokz
??? ?? wrote: > Jason Self wrote: >> Well, I've finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade from Etch to >> Lenny, but I'm worried that it may not go well because I seem to be >> getting a warning. The contents of my /etc/apt/sources.list: >> > > whatever you do, be sure to take an imag

Re: first post (a question)

2009-08-31 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Kroeger wrote: > If you get the Debian Testing Installer iso: (50-60 MB) I'd suggest to start out with Debian stable 'lenny' 5.0. If you later find out that the software released about 1 year ago is not as up-to-date as you desire, you could

openoffice.org won't open files on my usb drive

2009-08-31 Thread Daniel Dalton
Hi, When I try and open a word file on my usb drive with openoffice.org here on debian squeez, I get this error: Openoffice.org: The file has been locked by unknown user. Open read only Open a copy. So, how can i stop it from saying this so I can edit files again on my usb with oo? Thanks, Dan

login manager problem for root

2009-08-31 Thread Mohammed Rashad
I am using Debian Lenny 5.0 when i open login manager select properties of root account home directory for root changes from /root to /home/root

Emacs (was: List Ettiquette)

2009-08-31 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-31 03:46 (-0500), Ron Johnson wrote: > emacs: Eighty Megabytes And Constantly Swapping > > (I feel like I'm channeling 1994...) Yes, some jokes need to be updated. My current Emacs session takes about 53 MB of memory. There are several buffers open, Gnus mail/news reader as well as Org

Re: Wireless stopped working after kernel upgrade

2009-08-31 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Autumn Lansing wrote: > I've wasted most of my Saturday trying to get wireless to work with > the latest kernel on my 64-bit Sid box. I have an Atheros ar5001x [snip] > sides of the house. Any suggestions on what to try? I'll tell you how my syste

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-30 23:12, Mihira Fernando wrote: On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:11:28 -0600 ghe wrote: On Aug 30, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-08-30 19:07, John Hasler wrote: Ron Johnson writes: ...and vi *is* the 1TE. I wrote" Which is why those of us who want something more than a me

Re: Laptop getting so warm : (

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-30 23:00, Tim Tebbit wrote: Hashimoto wrote: Hi, look what I got here: hashim...@debian-lap:~$ acpitool -t Thermal info : hashim...@debian-lap:~$ Hashimoto, Please refrain from top posting. It makes the conversation difficult to follow. I haven't even looked but I'd

Re: First server with hot swappable capabilities...

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-30 21:59, Ruben Varela wrote: Yesterday I was configuring a PowerEdge T300 that, if I remember correctly, has a PERC 6/i controller. It allowed me to build with 4 250GB Sata drives, a Raid 5 array. The server allows me to hot swap the drives. I installed Lenny and configured everythi

problem flash_player_10 on ubuntu 9.04 amd64

2009-08-31 Thread Benoit durand
hello, i've problem with flash_player_10 on ubuntu amd64. libflashplayer.so cp: cannot stat `install_flash_player_10_linux/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access `/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so': No such file or directory nspluginwrapper: /usr/lib/mozilla/p

Re: megaHAL

2009-08-31 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
Charles Kroeger wrote: >> why just not installing it and giving it a try - it's very simple. >> I've tried it. It's a chat/conversation engine. > > OK > >>I've written a thesis about dialogue systems, > > Is this online somewhere? not sure - besides, it's in German. It might be published nex

Re: Post to this list delayed over 15 hours

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,30.Aug.09, 11:24:44, John Magolske wrote: > My last post to this list took over 15 hours to get through, looks > like the issue has to do with greylisting. I seem to recall having > this problem a while back where after a few posts the response time > improved...will see how long it takes fo

Re: Tbird Reply To List (was Re: List Ettiquette)

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,30.Aug.09, 10:41:10, Ken Heard wrote: > What is needed to get it to work? I have Lenny and Icedove 2.0.0.22 > (20090726). I downloaded from http://alumnit.ca replytolist-0.3.0.xpi; > put it in directory /usr/lib/icedove/extensions; changed owner:group to > root:root; and changed permissi

Re: List Ettiquette

2009-08-31 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun,30.Aug.09, 06:46:26, Chris Jones wrote: > > Careful as I am, I did manage to send "OFF-LIST" replies to a mailing > list by mistake on a couple of occasions.. with no serious damage, it > was just innocuous stuff that I felt was a bit too OT for the list.. > > But all the same it's not a

Re: Network Manager cannot be removed

2009-08-31 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-08-31 06:27 +0200, JoeHill wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> I don't know anything about Synaptic (never used it), but there are >> "apt-mark unmarkauto " and "aptitude unmarkauto " >> which you can use at the commandline. > > Okay, so now I've removed the gnome metapackage, and aptitud