Re: Computer overheating

Vinicius Massuchetto wrote: > After the last upgrade on sid my laptop went crazy and seems to be > working hard all the time. It remembers me when I convert a video or > play a 3D game using the Nvidia card for a long time. > > Can the problem be with the upgrade I did? What configuration can be c

Re: A bug in debian, but i don't know which package

On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 22:41 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > ... I prepared a new partition and used my netinstall CD to install a > complete Xfce system there. This is not the first time I have > installed Debian, so everything went pretty smoothly and shortly I had > an Xfce system up and running a

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

Thomas Dickey writes: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Matthew Smith wrote: > >> Quoth Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. at 14/10/09 23:12... >>> Your font has betrayed you. The single-column-mode option is "-1" >>> (dash-one), your messages says you tried the option "-l" >>> (dash-ell) which requested a >>> detail

Re: syslog entries

Hello, Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:39:43 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: I noticed this today - my syslog is filling up with repeated calls to my internet provider...even though I am obviously connected. Is this caused by some mis-c

Re: initramfs-tools does not add dm-mod.ko to initrd for kernels 2.6.30-2-686 and kernels 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem

On 00:05 Thu 15 Oct , Mitchell Laks wrote: > How can I work around this and what to do? My old kernel 2.6.26 works > fine How to force initrd to load the dm-mod and other device-mapper > kernel modules? I have added dm_mod dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mirror to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules fil

A bug in debian, but i don't know which package

I have been playing with Xfce desktop environment. I have been using gnome under Lenny and when I decided to investigate Xfce an also decided not to mess with my working Gnome installation, so I prepared a new partition and used my netinstall CD to install a complete Xfce system there. This is not

initramfs-tools does not add dm-mod.ko to initrd for kernels 2.6.30-2-686 and kernels 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem

Hi, I just upgraded my lvm based system to the latest debian kernels and it will not boot from grub with the 2.6.30 kernels which cannot find the /dev/mapper/debian-root partition on /dev/sda2 because the dm-mod and other dm kernel modules are not in the initrd-2.6.30-2-bigmem archive. Of cours

Re: syslog entries

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:39:43 +0800 Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > > > > I noticed this today - my syslog is filling up with repeated > > calls to my internet provider...even though I am obviously connected. > > Is this caused by some mis-configuration

Re: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

AG wrote at 2009-10-14 17:17 -0500: > Can anyone see any potential gotchas to this approach, or recommend a > more sophisticated way of accomplishing the same objective? Perhaps I have missed something, but can you not just try moving the offending config files? Like (without user's KDE runni

Computer overheating

Hi! After the last upgrade on sid my laptop went crazy and seems to be working hard all the time. It remembers me when I convert a video or play a 3D game using the Nvidia card for a long time. Can the problem be with the upgrade I did? What configuration can be causing it? Thanks. -- Vinícius M

Re: Raid help needed !

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jack Schneider wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +1100 > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote: >>> For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 with 7 >>> partitions on this amd64 system.  I have

Re: syslog entries

Hello Franck, Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I noticed this today - my syslog is filling up with repeated calls to my internet provider...even though I am obviously connected. Is this caused by some mis-configuration ? This is the sort of thing I mean:

Re: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

On 20091015_015725, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 15. 10. 2009 00:17:42 je AG napisal(a): > > Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, > > I > > have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new > > account > > for her and transfer existing files over (excludi

Re: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

On 20091014_154032, Kevin Ross wrote: > > From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:18 PM > > > > Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, I > > have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new > > accoun

Re: dependency problem

On 0, graham wrote: > > [...] > libhdf4-alt-dev: Depends: libhdf4-0-alt (= 4.2r4-6) but 4.2r4-5 is > to be installed > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or > specify a solution). > [...] > The first thing to do would be to try a dist-upgrade. If that still fails,

Re: Raid help needed !

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote: > Hi, All > For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 with 7 > partitions on this amd64 system. I have migrated from "etch" to > "squeeze" without undue problems. BUT, now I cannot boot either kernel > 2.6.30-1 or

Re: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

Dne, 15. 10. 2009 00:17:42 je AG napisal(a): > Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, > I > have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new > account > for her and transfer existing files over (excluding the KDE config > files > which is where the

Re: Intel C++ Compiler, Debian Sid and libstdc++5/6

Package: libstdc++5 Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 944 Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers Architecture: amd64 Source: gcc-3.3 (1:3.3.6ds1-18) Version: 1:3.3.6-18 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-3.3/libstdc++5_3.3.6-18_amd64.deb Size: 2916

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Matthew Smith wrote: Quoth Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. at 14/10/09 23:12... Your font has betrayed you. The single-column-mode option is "-1" (dash-one), your messages says you tried the option "-l" (dash-ell) which requested a detailed (long) listing. Aha! Sure looked lik

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

Quoth Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. at 14/10/09 23:12... Your font has betrayed you. The single-column-mode option is "-1" (dash-one), your messages says you tried the option "-l" (dash-ell) which requested a detailed (long) listing. Aha! Sure looked like a lower-case L. Think I need to bump up th

Intel C++ Compiler, Debian Sid and libstdc++5/6

Hello all, I've just installed the Intel C++ compiler on a Debian Sid, amd64, icc version 11.1.056. Even with the warnings (system not recognized, binutils not found, etc), the compiler installs correctly. But when I try to use it, it complains for libstdc++5. I've searched for the library, but it

syslog entries

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I noticed this today - my syslog is filling up with repeated calls to my internet provider...even though I am obviously connected. Is this caused by some mis-configuration ? This is the sort of thing I mean: Oct 14 19:02:21 squeeze dhclient: DHCPR

RE: Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

> From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:18 PM > > Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, I > have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new > account > for her and transfer existing files over (excl

Strategic approach to recreating an existing user

Due to something that got seriously borked on my wife's Lenny system, I have decided that the best way to tackle this is to create a new account for her and transfer existing files over (excluding the KDE config files which is where the borkness seems to be). The reasons for doing this are bec

Re: mplayer: symbol lookup error: mplayer: undefined symbol: codec_wav_tags

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 19:54:50 +0200, Nicolas BERCHER wrote: > Hi, > Sorry if this has already been discussed here, but I can't find a > working solution (I googled it). > I read the mailing archive (here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-d...@lists.debian.org/msg668446.html > ), and it

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

Hey guys, thanks for your answers... :-) talking about sed, here is a great tutorial... http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html regards, Israel. On 10/14/09, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 04:43:04PM +1030, Matthew Smith wrote: >> Quoth Håkon Alstadheim at 14/10/09 16:37... >>> Du

dependency problem

gra...@dogmatix:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies. libgdal1-dev: Depends: libhdf4-alt-dev but it is not inst

mplayer: symbol lookup error: mplayer: undefined symbol: codec_wav_tags

Hi, Sorry if this has already been discussed here, but I can't find a working solution (I googled it). I read the mailing archive (here: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-d...@lists.debian.org/msg668446.html ), and it seems that I need to install both mplayer and FFmpeg as synchronized p

Iceape: Cannot Initialize Security Component

This problem, "Cannot Initialize Security Component" on startiny iceape mailnews just started occurring two days ago. Checking I found posts on the mozillaZine Seamonkey forum, some dating back to at least May of this year. Needless to say I have checked out most of the suggestions - I have 27 G f

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

On Wed October 14 2009, Klistvud wrote: > As may be readily seen, the wireless interface (eth1) is not even > mentioned therein: it's obviously managed dynamically by network- > manager. That's why I'm reluctant to mess with it, lest I break it > beyond repair. > I must admit, my debian box is a de

Re: Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

On 2009-10-14 14:15 +0200, Nuno Magalhães wrote: >> More interesting would be the status of libsqlite3-0, since that is what >> xulrunner-1.9.1 links against. > > I have packages xulrunner-1.9 (1.9.0.14-1) and xulrunner-1.9.1 > (1.9.1.3-3) installed. Would it be safe to remove 1.9 alone? Apt wants

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Klistvud wrote: > No wonder I'm afraid to touch anything in my Debian > config files ... At least until I get to know my OS a little better ... > > Don't be afraid! # tar cf /root/etc_bckp.tar /etc and then change /etc/ files as you please! (it also helps to remember which was the change th

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 15:18:13 je Paul Cartwright napisal(a): > On Wed October 14 2009, Klistvud wrote: > > Problem is, I'm afraid to do that and break up my current > > configuration which, be it as it may, "kinda works". Both machines > are > > quite important to me, as they are > > used daily by my

Wild TV and The Cult Movie Network

Hello, I apologize for the informal e-mail. I am looking for the individual who would handle new digital and HD channels. I represent two successful nationally broadcast channels in Canada; Wild TV (hunting /fishing and outdoor recreation) and The Cult Movie Network (b-rated sought after films)

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 04:43:04PM +1030, Matthew Smith wrote: > Quoth Håkon Alstadheim at 14/10/09 16:37... >> Due to all the positive feed-back, I actually tested the "ls -rt"-bit, >> and sure enough, the 'r' makes ls list the newest files _last_, so you >> DON'T want 'r'. This makes the corr

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Jeff D wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Israel Garcia wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > It's a simple question but difficult to me :-). > > > > How can I delete all files on a folder / but keeping only the > > two latest (newest) files? > > how about something like this to

Re: Fonts looking bad on qt apps

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:42:28AM +0200, Jean-François Pirlet wrote: > > Same problem here, Debian Squeeze/Testing amd64, Gnome, using e.g. LyX > or Kile. There seems to be something wrong with the way qtconfig loads > its settings when you're a normal user. > > As a normal use

Re: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?

In , Lee Winter wrote: >So I will happily comply with the policies of this list and send to >"all" until sanity in the form of a sensible alternative evolves. 'sent to "all"' is not the list policy. The list policy is documented : "When replyin

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 13:26:52 je Matthew Smith napisal(a): > > If I had this problem, I think that the first thing I would do is > disable all the "complicated" bits - like dhcdbd - and configure the > network manually in /etc/network/interfaces > > In other words, get networking back to basics. >

Re: keeping the two latest files on a folder

In <4ad5706d.4070...@smiffytech.com>, Matthew Smith wrote: >Quoth Håkon Alstadheim at 2009-10-14 16:52... >> Seems to work here. Standard behaviour for 'ls' is to use >> single-column-mode when output is not to a tty. Your ls command may be >> aliased to something, or it might be a different versio

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 13:21:54 je Paul Cartwright napisal(a): > > there were some things to look at & try though.. > You're right; you mean disabling acpi, apic and lapic. I'll try that eventually, as a last resort, if I really can't get it to work otherwise. -- Certifiable Loonix User #481801

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 13:35:50 je Γιώργος Πάλλας napisal(a): > > Maybe the kernel module blacks out - try to find it, unload it and > reload it using modprobe... > [I could also very well just talk BS!] > > G. > Curiously enough, this is exactly what occurred to me while I was composing the origi

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 13:38:51 je Sjoerd Hardeman napisal(a): > Might I suggest using wicd instead of network-manager? I might try that eventually, if I *really* can't get network-manager to work. I'm trying to keep my Debian install as "default" as I can, as I have strong confidence in the Debian t

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 13:43:41 je Patrick Wiseman napisal(a): > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Klistvud > wrote: > > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > > > I'm running Lenny with Gnome on two boxes, both connected > wirelessly > > via network-manager to > > my home router. Problem: about once to thrice

Re: Installing Lenny using usb stick

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Siju George: >> >> Where do I get usb install images for lenny and how do I write it to >> the USB drive? > > In the installation manual. :) > > Wait, lmgtfy: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en > Thanks jochen :-)

Re: Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

# dpkg -l |grep sqlite ii libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3, 1.3.9+dfsg-2, The Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - SQLite3 Driver ii libsqlite0, 2.8.17-6, SQLite shared library ii libsqlite3-0, 3.6.18-1, SQLite 3 shared library ii php5-sqlite, 5.2.11.dfsg.1-1, SQLite module for php5 ii python-pysq

Re: Raid help needed !

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +1100 Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote: > > Hi, All > > For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 with 7 > > partitions on this amd64 system. I have migrated from "etch" to > > "squeeze" without un

Re: Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

On 2009-10-14 12:37 +0200, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Greetings, > > After yesterday's dist-upgrade i can't run firefox, it'll complain > with "The application has been updated, but your version of SQLite is > too old and the application cannot run." which, thankfully, is a very > clean error message

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Howdie, fellow Debianites! > > I'm running Lenny with Gnome on two boxes, both connected wirelessly > via network-manager to > my home router. Problem: about once to thrice a day, one or both of the > boxes randomly disconnect (they are using the

Re: Raid help needed !

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:03:11 -0400 Justin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Jack Schneider > wrote: > > Hi, All > > For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 with 7 > > partitions on this amd64 system.  I have migrated from "etch" to > > "squeeze" without undue probl

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Klistvud schreef: - running /etc/init.d/networking restart -- running /etc/init.d/networking-dispatcher restart -- killing the Gnome nm-applet and starting another instance thereof from a Gnome-Terminal -- running all of the above in every picturesque combination I could think of -- running if

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Klistvud wrote: Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm running Lenny with Gnome on two boxes, both connected wirelessly via network-manager to my home router. Problem: about once to thrice a day, one or both of the boxes randomly disconnect (they are using the proprietary Broadcom wl.ko and ndiswrap

Re: Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:26, thveillon.debian wrote: > which Debian version are you running, and which Iceweasel/Firefox version ? Sorry, Debian unstable, dist-upgraded yesterday. iceweasel 3.5.3-2. > and it doesn't seem to relate to Iceweasel. > > What depends on sqlite, an extension ? Icewe

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Quoth Klistvud at 2009-10-14 20:02... ... > Oct 13 22:16:16 debian dhcdbd: dhco_input_option: Value 4294967295 > cannot be converted to type L ... If I had this problem, I think that the first thing I would do is disable all the "complicated" bits - like dhcdbd - and configure the network manuall

Re: Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

>Nuno Magalhães wrote: > Greetings, > > After yesterday's dist-upgrade i can't run firefox, it'll complain > with "The application has been updated, but your version of SQLite is > too old and the application cannot run." which, thankfully, is a very > clean error message. The problem is i already

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

On Wed October 14 2009, Klistvud wrote: > > did a google on that line and found this: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-wireless-networking-41/ > > d-link-dwl-g122-rev.c-wifi-usb-adapter-keeps-dropping-connection-in- > > ubuntu-hardy-654517/ > > > > > > -- > > Paul Cartwright > > Re

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Dne, 14. 10. 2009 11:47:06 je Paul Cartwright napisal(a): > On Wed October 14 2009, Klistvud wrote: > > Oct 14 04:38:29 debian dhcdbd: dhco_input_option: Value 4294967295 > > cannot be converted to type L > > Oct 14 04:38:29 debian dhcdbd: dhco_parse_option_settings: bad opti > > did a google on t

Firefox and sqlite mismatched.

Greetings, After yesterday's dist-upgrade i can't run firefox, it'll complain with "The application has been updated, but your version of SQLite is too old and the application cannot run." which, thankfully, is a very clean error message. The problem is i already have the newest sqlite version: ii

Re: Installing Lenny using usb stick

Siju George: > > Where do I get usb install images for lenny and how do I write it to > the USB drive? In the installation manual. :) Wait, lmgtfy: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en J. -- I no longer believe in father christmas but have no trouble comprehending a nucle

Installing Lenny using usb stick

Hi, I tried to put the debian Lenny ISO image in a Usb stick using. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ But the installation shows error mounting CDROM. I dont have a cdrom. Where do I get usb install images for lenny and how do I write it to the USB drive? Thanks --Siju -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: segmentation fault with NVIDIA 32bit part

lee schreef: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:45:02AM +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > >> My quake3 copy is running fine with the 64-bit nvidia drivers. Without having the 32bit compatibility libraries installed? I have quake4 and don't know about quake3, but all games that aren't 64bit >

Re: backupninja

Alex Samad schreef: > Hi > > I was wondering how many people where using this and how they found it. I'm using it and it works quite okay. I'm using it for backing up system data, mysql-db's and in the end backing up everything with duplicity. You can also quite easily write some additional task (

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

I'm running the stock 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel. This is a snippet from my /var/log/messages if anyone can make out anything of it... As for dmesg, I have it rerouted to virtual terminal #8, so the contents get lost after a reboot; I have to look where to disable this rerouting first. snippet from

Re: NFS or SSHFS?

Jerome BENOIT schreef: Hello List, Please follow the bottom-reply policy. so far I can remember NSF was not considered as a safe network stuff (see harden-servers) : may be the last version is safer. NFS < v4 is certainly not safe. It does not offer mechanisms for authentication and encrypt

Re: How to REALLY restart networking?

Quoth Klistvud at 2009-10-14 19:01... >... Problem: about once to thrice a day, one or both of the > boxes randomly disconnect ... > -- running ifup, ifdown I have a similar problem with iwlagn, the driver for various Intel devices. You might want to have a look in dmesg and /var/log/messages to

How to REALLY restart networking?

Howdie, fellow Debianites! I'm running Lenny with Gnome on two boxes, both connected wirelessly via network-manager to my home router. Problem: about once to thrice a day, one or both of the boxes randomly disconnect (they are using the proprietary Broadcom wl.ko and ndiswrapper, respectively)

Re: [OT] List policy - [Was: Could you recommend CD/DVD writer program?]

Brian Marshall put forth on 10/14/2009 1:32 AM: > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:33:28AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> I'm on T-Bird 2.0.0.23 (latest) and I don't have a reply-to-list option. >> Is this something I have to set manually in about:config? Sure would >> save me some time manually editin