Re: virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread debian
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:27:10 -0400 Kevin Coyner wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Raquel > wrote: > > > > I believe that you need to get the Debian PUEL version from the > > VirtualBox web site.  That's the one I use and I have no problem > > whatsoever using memory cards, USB drives of

Re: debian-installer (squeeze-ia64) fails on new machine

2009-10-24 Thread Frank Miles
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Dave Witbrodt wrote: Frank Miles wrote: Has anyone tried installing 'squeeze' recently on a i7/860 machine? [...] Any insights welcome! Isn't Core i7 an amd64 architecture, instead of ia64? I think you need to burn another installer CD, instead of that first coaster y

Re: How to work for debian?

2009-10-24 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:05:41AM +0500, surreal wrote: >What are the requirements for working with debian? How do some people get >@[1]debian.org email id ? The following website should set you on your way: http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

How to work for debian?

2009-10-24 Thread surreal
What are the requirements for working with debian? How do some people get @ debian.org email id ? -- Harshad Joshi

Tu Oportunidad del BUEN NAVEGADOR

2009-10-24 Thread BradFord
Hola juan , disculpa yo habia leido mal, se que habia algo de linux, pero aca los desarrolladores quieren hacerlo para linux, mira lo que dice aqui uno de los administradores de el sitio, aparte que es Opensource, asi que estan los codigos disponibles. " The Windows based open source K-Meleon Brow

Re: [mutt] label mails with colored tags

2009-10-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:15:26AM +0300, Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > Hum. > > Why to use mbox format, as it is horrible if you think about incremental > backup and anyway it is horrible. > > Maildir rocks. I'm a former Thunderbird user and now use mutt. I'm currently using the mbox format, an

Re: [mutt] label mails with colored tags

2009-10-24 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Wolodja Wentland [2009 Oct 24 04:45 -0500]: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 19:00 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Since a couple of you are recommending maildir, is there an easy way to > > transisition from mox format to maildir? For example, my indox file is > > 1.3 GiB and if I delete a message fr

Re: virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread Steve Reilly
Kevin Coyner wrote: > On a sid system I recently installed virtualbox-ose and have it up and > running o.k. I installed a guest OS in the form of WinXP, which was > also pretty straightforward. However, when in the guest WinXP OS and > inserting a USB thumb drive, I an unable to view the USB thum

Re: virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:27:10 -0400 Kevin Coyner wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Raquel > wrote: > > > > I believe that you need to get the Debian PUEL version from the > > VirtualBox web site.  That's the one I use and I have no problem > > whatsoever using memory cards, USB drives of

Re: virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Raquel wrote: > > I believe that you need to get the Debian PUEL version from the > VirtualBox web site.  That's the one I use and I have no problem > whatsoever using memory cards, USB drives of any sort. > > http://www.virtualbox.org/ Thanks. I'm running Sid.

Re: virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:12:47 -0400 Kevin Coyner wrote: > On a sid system I recently installed virtualbox-ose and have it up > and running o.k. I installed a guest OS in the form of WinXP, > which was also pretty straightforward. However, when in the guest > WinXP OS and inserting a USB thumb dr

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:05:27 +0100 Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 25. 10. 2009 02:50:36 je Celejar napisal(a): > > > This is what sudo is for - one just configures it to allow anyone to > > run it as root. Another possibility is to make it suid root. I > > suppose, though, that either of these techniq

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 25. 10. 2009 02:50:36 je Celejar napisal(a): > This is what sudo is for - one just configures it to allow anyone to > run it as root. Another possibility is to make it suid root. I > suppose, though, that either of these techniques might be security > risks, if the script is buggy / insuffi

virtualbox and usb thumb drives

2009-10-24 Thread Kevin Coyner
On a sid system I recently installed virtualbox-ose and have it up and running o.k. I installed a guest OS in the form of WinXP, which was also pretty straightforward. However, when in the guest WinXP OS and inserting a USB thumb drive, I an unable to view the USB thumb drive. It does not list wh

BUEN NAVEGADOR

2009-10-24 Thread BradFord
Hace un tiempo hacia acá, estaba probando algunas aplicaciones de linux en windows como el lynx, wget, y otros sencillos para irme familiarizándome con el sistema linux, y resulta ser que me encontre con un amigo mio que tenia un portatil con las siguientes caracteristicas: P2 32 MB RAM 4 GB Disc

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:34:11 +0200 Klistvud wrote: ... > Well, the script is quite simple, it only works in Gnome (a > more system-wide script would have to be run as superuser and I just > couldn't be bothered to type in my root password every time I wanted > to change CPU governor): This is

Re: Latest Xorg upgrade broke the keyboard under X

2009-10-24 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:36:25 -0400 (EDT) Justin Piszcz wrote: > Hi, > > Search the list for my email on the same subject, all of the > cursor/keyboard/etc is now stored here instead: > > /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi But note that stuff is also inherited from /etc/default/console-setup

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Dennis Wicks
Thierry Chatelet wrote the following on 10/24/2009 06:10 PM: Can you try, as root: Xorg -configure Pls note the 'X' in Xorg Follow the path given. If xserver starts, then : ctrl alt backspace to kill it, and copy the file generated in /etc/X11/xorg.conf This one saved me Thierry Theirry;

Cannot start X

2009-10-24 Thread John Magolske
When I issue `startx`, X starts up in an immediately locked up state. I have to use Alt-SysRq-E to get out of the frozen X, at which point I notice the console is logged out (or somehow non-usable), and there is the following on the display: (EE) Failed to load module "type 1" (module does not

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Sunday 25 October 2009 00:40:25 Dennis Wicks wrote: > vitaminx wrote the following on 10/24/2009 01:29 PM: > > Hi, > > > > what is the output of > > > > dpkg -l | grep xserver > > > > > > as root? > > > > > > > > greetings, > > vitaminx > > 26 lines of: ii xserver-xorg-... (various) > and one

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Dennis Wicks
Charles Kroeger wrote the following on 10/24/2009 03:30 PM: What does it say in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Does not exist. Not needed in Squeeze What does it say in: /var/log/xorg.0.log After the Xserver has failed to start? No drivers available Fatal server error: No screens found 2 - sta

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Dennis Wicks
vitaminx wrote the following on 10/24/2009 01:29 PM: Hi, what is the output of dpkg -l | grep xserver as root? greetings, vitaminx 26 lines of: ii xserver-xorg-... (various) and one line: rc xserver-xorg-... VIA display driver Anything of particular interest? Can't send the whole t

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 24. 10. 2009 21:15:34 je Brian C. Wells napisal(a): > > Wow. Except for the part about writing a script, I have no idea > about > how to do that. Can you attach a copy of your script to the email > (and > does Debian's list server forward attachments?) or can you upload the > script to a p

Re: X lockups yet again

2009-10-24 Thread Wayne
Frank McCormick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I knew it was too good to last - after my trouble of lockups with X a few weeks ago. It has started again. X was upgraded in Squeeze this morning and not an hour later my machine was frozen tighter than a well...it was f

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Charles Kroeger
What does it say in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf What does it say in: /var/log/xorg.0.log After the Xserver has failed to start? > 2 - startx -- :0 doesn't work. I don't know anything about Gnome but you might check to see if you have installed: xinit (I have v.1.1.1-1) if not that one should solve

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Raquel
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:00:09 -0700 "Brian C. Wells" wrote: > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 22:19 -0700, Raquel wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:40:01 -0700 > > "Brian C. Wells" wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't -think- it's a fan problem. It seems to be blowing > > > plenty of hot air out, and I can't

installation

2009-10-24 Thread 左子 ZuoKun
Dear Debian, Today I want to install Debian testing on my computer, though at first I tend to install Lenny, but I heard of that some softwares in Lenny are obsolete compare to squeeze. I followed the instructions to download the initrd, but can not find it on the given link, I don't know what's

X lockups yet again

2009-10-24 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I knew it was too good to last - after my trouble of lockups with X a few weeks ago. It has started again. X was upgraded in Squeeze this morning and not an hour later my machine was frozen tighter than a well...it was frozen. I am beginning to

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Brian C. Wells
On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 10:35 +0200, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 24. 10. 2009 05:40:01 je Brian C. Wells napisal(a): > > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 21:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > evidence that the CPU's temperature is increasing to dangerous > > levels > > > > (>95 deg. Celsius). As soon as I sta

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:42:53PM +0200, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Tom H wrote: > > >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > > >>> Something strange going on > > >> Re-did it: > >> rm /etc/

Re: X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread vitaminx
Hi, what is the output of dpkg -l | grep xserver as root? greetings, vitaminx On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:08:51 -0500, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I upgraded Lenny to the latest and greates and everything > appeared to work as usual. Then I upgraded to Squeeze and > everything wen

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Brian C. Wells
On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 22:19 -0700, Raquel wrote: > On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:40:01 -0700 > "Brian C. Wells" wrote: > > > > > I don't -think- it's a fan problem. It seems to be blowing plenty > > of hot air out, and I can't see or blow out any obvious clogs [...] > I have a G70, which runs hot. I

X server won't start after upgrade to squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Dennis Wicks
Greetings; I upgraded Lenny to the latest and greates and everything appeared to work as usual. Then I upgraded to Squeeze and everything went south. 1 - The x-server & Gnome don't auto start any more. 2 - startx -- :0 doesn't work. I have tried several suggestions in a similar previous topi

Re: Debian on board with intel X4500 chip

2009-10-24 Thread S. Fishpaste
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:43:07 +0800, Kaicheng Zhang in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > Hi, >   Did any one try install debian lenny on a mother board with X4500 > graphic chip? >  I have a gigabyte GA-EG41M mother board with such chip. And I failed > to install debian with Gnome. >   I cannot

Re: installing mdadm breaks udev (and *lots* of other stuff!) in squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Jack Schneider
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:55:04 +1100 Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:48:32AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Whooo boy! > > > > When I decided to raid my home directories, I never expected this! > > > > Anybody have any suggestions for getting udev and mdadm to coexist? > > > > Rick

Automatically Login SMB Printer

2009-10-24 Thread Wu, Kejia
Hi all, I have a SMB printer. CUPS prompts login window every time when I print. Is there some way let it remember the passport for ever? Cheers, Kejia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.o

problem with debian 503 netinstall after accepting the automatically suggested updates

2009-10-24 Thread Morten Gulbrandsen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 problem with debian 503 netinstall after accepting the automatically suggested updates Hello debian users: I have discovered this aptitude install reportbug; reportbug and I am running it from the command line ctrl+alt F1, I have the small iso fil

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: >>> Something strange going on >> Re-did it: >> rm /etc/rc0.d/* >> insserv -dv /etc/init.d > I had to do a > insserv -dv /etc/init

Re: debian-installer (squeeze-ia64) fails on new machine

2009-10-24 Thread Jean-François Pirlet
Le vendredi 23 octobre 2009 à 14:55 -0700, Frank Miles a écrit : > Has anyone tried installing 'squeeze' recently on a i7/860 machine? > Trying the small-CD method - the line "Loading Operating System ..." > comes up... and never goes away. No error messages, beeps, or any > other complaints. The

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: [snip] > > Something strange going on > > Definitely strange. > > Re-did it: > rm /etc/rc0.d/* > insserv -dv /etc/init.d I had to do a insserv -dv /etc/init.d/* the * made the differe

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 01:40:52PM +0200, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Alex Samad wrote: >>> Some how my /etc/rc0.d is stuffed up, such that when I reboot/shutdown >>> my partitions don't get unmount and other things don'

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 01:40:52PM +0200, Tom H wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > > Some how my /etc/rc0.d is stuffed up, such that when I reboot/shutdown > > my partitions don't get unmount and other things don't happen. > > > > with the new insserv how can I go about

Re: installing mdadm breaks udev (and *lots* of other stuff!) in squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 02:48:32AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > Whooo boy! > > When I decided to raid my home directories, I never expected this! > > Anybody have any suggestions for getting udev and mdadm to coexist? > > Rick a recent release of udev conflicted against the at the time current v

Re: stuffed up rc0.d

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > Some how my /etc/rc0.d is stuffed up, such that when I reboot/shutdown > my partitions don't get unmount and other things don't happen. > > with the new insserv how can I go about rebuilding rc0.d ? > > can I just do a insserv /etc/init.d ? Mov

Re: Virtualbox Lenny Guest - Screen resize and Seamless mode

2009-10-24 Thread godo
Chris wrote: I am trying to get Screen resize and Seamless mode working on Lenny guest systems to no avail. I have tried insalling the guest-utils packages, as well as the guest-additions the manual way with m-a. They install fine, but sreen-resize and seamless mode don't work. Does anyone

Re: installing mdadm breaks udev (and *lots* of other stuff!) in squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > Whooo boy! > > When I decided to raid my home directories, I never expected this! > > Anybody have any suggestions for getting udev and mdadm to coexist? > > Rick > > > squeeze:~# aptitude -Pv install mdadm > Re

Re: [mutt] label mails with colored tags

2009-10-24 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 19:00 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Since a couple of you are recommending maildir, is there an easy way to > transisition from mox format to maildir? For example, my indox file is > 1.3 GiB and if I delete a message from more than a few days old it can > take several minut

Re: [mutt] label mails with colored tags

2009-10-24 Thread Jochen Schulz
Nate Bargmann: > > Since a couple of you are recommending maildir, is there an easy way to > transisition from mox format to maildir? $ apt-cache search convert mbox maildir mb2md - Converting Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format > I also have my procmail working well sort each mailing list into its

Re: installing mdadm breaks udev (and *lots* of other stuff!) in squeeze

2009-10-24 Thread thveillon.debian
Rick Thomas a écrit : > Whooo boy! > > When I decided to raid my home directories, I never expected this! > > Anybody have any suggestions for getting udev and mdadm to coexist? > > Rick > > > squeeze:~# aptitude -Pv install mdadm > Reading package lists... Done

Re: HP G60-249WM Notebook overheats (on lenny)

2009-10-24 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 24. 10. 2009 05:40:01 je Brian C. Wells napisal(a): > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 21:15 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > evidence that the CPU's temperature is increasing to dangerous > levels > > > (>95 deg. Celsius). As soon as I start a game, it rises, and as > soon as > > > I stop it it falls