Debian Etch Install

Dear List, I just tried to install Debian 4.0r4a-i386 (Etch) on a Dell Dimension 8400, Pentium 4/3.oGHz, 4GB RAM, using two different sets of DVDs. With either set of DVDs, the install routine would hang just after the Tasksel dialog box asking to choose the software to install. I tri

Re: What happened to xpdf in testing?

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Kelly Clowers wrote: It is probably gone. Poppler was forked from xpdf a long time ago, and AFAIK it is better in every way. So just use a Poppler based program, such as Okular or Evince (or evince-gtk, which has no gconf or gnome keyring support). In my experience xpdf wor

RE: rsync hangs on big transfer Debian 5.0.3 pulling from WinXP SP3/Cygwin 1.5.25

Debian User: I received three copies of my message from each of three lists. If everyone else receives three copies, I apologize for the extraneous copies. :-( Does anybody know why, and how to prevent such? TIA, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: rsync hangs on big transfer Debian 5.0.3 pulling from WinXP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25

David Christensen put forth on 12/19/2009 11:37 PM: > Debian Users, Cygwin, & Rsync: > > I'm having trouble with rsync invoked on Debian 5.0.3 pulling files from > Windows XP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25. I posted to the Debian User and Cygwin > mailing lists [1] and thought I was done two days ago, but I

Re: Inquiry: How would you prepare an image list

T o n g wrote: Hi, This is a situation that I feel hard to find a good solution -- We've taken hundreds of digital pictures. Now it is time for some big batch printings, each batch contains about a hundred pictures. Previously, when selecting pictures in a small scale (<30~40), I use pfm to

Re: Problem installing libglu1-mesa-dev

Here's what I see every day, The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-core: Conflicts: xserver-xorg-input-4 which is a virtual package. Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-5 which is a virtual package. libgl1-mesa-dri: Depends: libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.13) whic

RE: rsync hangs on big transfer Debian 5.0.3 pulling from WinXP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25

Debian Users, Cygwin, & Rsync: I'm having trouble with rsync invoked on Debian 5.0.3 pulling files from Windows XP SP3/ Cygwin 1.5.25. I posted to the Debian User and Cygwin mailing lists [1] and thought I was done two days ago, but I wasn't -- after several hours of use of the Windows machine, r

Memory card has no UUID. How to give it one?

I used dosfslabel to give this a label, # blkid /dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="greengiga" TYPE="vfat" OK, now how can I also give it a UUID? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Inquiry: How would you prepare an image list

Hi, This is a situation that I feel hard to find a good solution -- We've taken hundreds of digital pictures. Now it is time for some big batch printings, each batch contains about a hundred pictures. Previously, when selecting pictures in a small scale (<30~40), I use pfm to do it (http://a

Re: keeping an obsolete package (libx264-78) removes its automatically installed status

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:31:50 -0800 Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:59:28PM -0500, Celejar was > heard to say: > > Hi, > > > > The package 'libx264-78' is installed on my (Sid) system: > > > > ~# aptitude why libx264-78 > > i gnome-mplayer Depends mplayer (>= 1.0~) | mplay

Re: Verizon Novatel USB760 Wireless

Wayne wrote at 2009-12-14 07:12 -0700: > I am wondering if anyone has successfully install the Subject device > on Debian? My research has shown that some have had success on Ubuntu > 9.1 but I have not been able to locate any Debian success posts. > > This is a 3G modem and, in my remote l

Re: Installing squirrelmail cause apache2 to segfault

On Sat December 19 2009 15:14:26 thing wrote: > So basically I cant install any web based webmail packages without > totalling apache. I've never had any problems with squirrelmail with these versions: # dpkg -l | grep -i '\(apache\|php\|squirrel\)' | sort -n | cut -b-68 ii apache2

Fw: Re: flash video sound issue [resolved]

http://www.baldwinlinguas.com translations & interpreting Así también, la lengua es un miembro pequeño, y se gloría de grandes cosas. He aquí, un pequeño fuego ¡Cuán grande bosque enciende! --- On Sat, 12/19/09, Anthony Baldwin wrote: > From: Anthony Baldwin > Subject: Re: flash video sound

Re: Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

Actually, the patch given here: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=22001 solved the problem for a few people. As for me, the problem is not annoying me that much that I will go and compile my own kernel. I use the trick of starting a second user, and switch back and forth until the

Re: Installing squirrelmail cause apache2 to segfault

Hi, This also happens on installing phpgroupware... So its more likely to be an Apache/php issue I suppose. :/ So basically I cant install any web based webmail packages without totalling apache. :( regards Steven Nick Douma wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-12

Re: Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:13:26 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 19 December 2009 19:56:10 Camaleón wrote: >> >> Can you both please run "dmesg | grep brightness" and copy/paste the >> output after you press the function key to change the brightness of the >> screen? >> >> BTW, it seems

Re: Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

Hi, Use the label function in fstab regards Steven Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Jason Filippou wrote: I recently installed a new SATA hard drive on my desktop system and I noticed that Squeeze had, by default, mounted it in /dev/sda. This means that recently, due to the popular GRUB failure

Re: perl question

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:00:07AM -0500, Chris Dale wrote: > On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > > I have a set of constants setup in my script > > > > RC_OK > > ... > > ... > > > > I use LWP::Simple which also uses RC_OK, and I get a main::RC_OK > > redifinition > > > > is there some wa

flash video sound issue

Hi, I've been seeing this problem for a while now, and it's starting to annoy me. The video from Flash and youtube videos plays fine, but they start without the sound. A few moments later, sound starts to play, but it is garbled, skips, etc., and even after stopping the video and/or closing th

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

Hi, Sven. On Friday, 18 December 2009 17:34:22 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > I was trying installing and booting 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel and then > > compiling 2.6.32 kernel of the traditional way: > > > > # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 > > # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config > > # make menuconfig

Re: Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

On Saturday 19 December 2009 19:56:10 Camaleón wrote: > > Can you both please run "dmesg | grep brightness" and copy/paste the > output after you press the function key to change the brightness of the > screen? > > BTW, it seems to be related to this kernel bug: > > Buggy _BCM - acer aspire 5720

Re: motherboard battery low?

Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hugo Vanwoerkom put forth on 12/18/2009 12:27 PM: Hi, I have a 4.5 year old Epox 8VTAI mobo whose battery has never been changed. I just noticed that the time does not step when the power is off. Is that because the battery is low on power? I don't suppose there is a way

Re: Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:16:07 +0100, Thierry Chatelet wrote: > On Saturday 19 December 2009 18:07:11 Thomas McCullough wrote: >> Hi all, > Same problem with Acer Aspire 5712Z. I posted here some time ago about > it, but got no answer solving the problem. And then it want away with a > kernel upgra

Re: motherboard battery low?

Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:27:11 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I have a 4.5 year old Epox 8VTAI mobo whose battery has never been changed. I just noticed that the time does not step when the power is off. Is that because the battery is low on power? What changes, BIOS time or op

Re: Testing update: can't resolve dependencies with epiphany packages

Quoting Johan Grönqvist: > The description of the epiphany-gecko in squeeze > () says: > > "This package has been made obsolete by epiphany-browser 2.28.0, and > is safe to remove. " > > So just uninstalling epiphany-gecko and upgrading the rest

Re: Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

On Saturday 19 December 2009 18:07:11 Thomas McCullough wrote: > Hi all, Hi, Same problem with Acer Aspire 5712Z. I posted here some time ago about it, but got no answer solving the problem. And then it want away with a kernel upgrade, and came back with a new upgrade. I found 2 others ways to

Re: Testing update: can't resolve dependencies with epiphany packages

Matteo Riva skrev: aptitude dist-upgrade gives me this: The following packages have unmet dependencies: epiphany-browser: Conflicts: epiphany-gecko but 2.26.3-2 is installed and it is kept back. epiphany-gecko: Depends: epiphany-browser-data (< 2.27) but 2.29.3-1 is to be installed. The fo

Testing update: can't resolve dependencies with epiphany packages

aptitude dist-upgrade gives me this: The following packages have unmet dependencies: epiphany-browser: Conflicts: epiphany-gecko but 2.26.3-2 is installed and it is kept back. epiphany-gecko: Depends: epiphany-browser-data (< 2.27) but 2.29.3-1 is to be installed. The following actions will

Re: keeping an obsolete package (libx264-78) removes its automatically installed status

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:59:28PM -0500, Celejar was heard to say: > Hi, > > The package 'libx264-78' is installed on my (Sid) system: > > ~# aptitude why libx264-78 > i gnome-mplayer Depends mplayer (>= 1.0~) | mplayer-nogui (>= 1.0~) > i A mplayer Depends libx264-78 (>= 1:0.svn200911

Backlight bug on Acer Aspire 7720

Hi all, I am not sure who this should be addressed to, so here it is. I have checked all the bugs I could find online and I don't think this one is documented yet. I am experiencing a seemingly random backlight problem with my installation (squeeze, constantly updated on an ACER Aspire 7720 lapto

lcd brightness goes up when starting X

Hi, I installed Lenny on my ThinkPad R51. It has an Intel 82852/855GM graphics card. After executing startx the LCD goes 100% bright. Same thing happens if I wake up the LCD from sleep (xset +dpms). My Fn + Home/End keys work fine and i can adjust the brightness. But its annoying to do it ever

Re: Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

> >On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Jason Filippou > >wrote: > >So I was > > just wondering whether there was any way that I could plug in my new hard > > drive and mount it on /dev/sdb Careful! Define "new hard drive". What appears where in /dev is a function of your BIOS, the kernel, and u

Re: perl question

On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Alex Samad wrote: > I have a set of constants setup in my script > > RC_OK > ... > ... > > I use LWP::Simple which also uses RC_OK, and I get a main::RC_OK > redifinition > > is there some way around this with out renaming my constants. You can suppress symbol importing,

Re: Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

>On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Jason Filippou >wrote: >So I was > just wondering whether there was any way that I could plug in my new hard > drive and mount it on /dev/sdb If it's an internal hdd, all you need do is edit /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sda to a directory of your choice automatically

Re: Debian AMD64 Sid - "packages have unmet dependencies"

On Dec 19, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: Rick Thomas skrev: The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-video-apm: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.6.99.900) but 2:1.6.5-1 is installed. and a bunch of other xserver-xorg-video-* packages have the same problem.

Re: Problems with Debian PowerPC

On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Frans Pop wrote: On Thursday 17 December 2009, Rick Thomas wrote: It may not be "grave" for the installer (indeed, you've already established at great length that it's not an installer problem at all) but that doesn't make it any the less grave for whatever pack

Re: Installing squirrelmail cause apache2 to segfault

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19-12-2009 5:08, Steven Jones wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone recommend a webmail package as an alternative to squirrelmail? > > regards > > Steven > > I use Roundcube for its simplicity, and Horde for its groupware capabilities (calendar, notes,

Re: Is apt-get still the cool package installer?

On Friday 18 December 2009 04:39:49 Nick Boyce wrote: > That's good to know. Now maybe I can remove the wrapper script for > apt-get that I put on some of our Debian boxes at work for the benefit > of other sysadmins who were accustomed to using apt-get, which simply > displays "You probably want

Re: Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

Jason Filippou wrote: > I recently installed a new SATA hard drive on my desktop system and I > noticed that Squeeze had, by default, mounted it in /dev/sda. This means > that recently, due to the popular GRUB failure that caused everybody > (including myself) a lot of grief, my Debian disk rescue

Re: Debian AMD64 Sid - "packages have unmet dependencies"

Rick Thomas skrev: The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-video-apm: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.6.99.900) but 2:1.6.5-1 is installed. and a bunch of other xserver-xorg-video-* packages have the same problem. See news.debian.net at

Mounting new hard disk in /dev/sdb

Hello, I recently installed a new SATA hard drive on my desktop system and I noticed that Squeeze had, by default, mounted it in /dev/sda. This means that recently, due to the popular GRUB failure that caused everybody (including myself) a lot of grief, my Debian disk rescue mode was installing th

Re: perl question

How about setting it a "local" variable? And I think that you'd better send such a question to a perl mailing list. Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I have a set of constants setup in my script > > RC_OK > ... > ... > > I use LWP::Simple which also uses RC_OK, and I get a main::RC_OK > redifinition >

Re: perl question

Hi, did you check this issue on Perl sites? Try to start with www.cpan.org. BTW this is a very great site. Good luck, Gabor 2009/12/19 Alex Samad : > Hi > > I have a set of constants setup in my script > > RC_OK > ... > ... > > I use LWP::Simple  which also uses RC_OK, and I get a main::RC_OK >

Re: Debian PowerPC Squeeze - "packages have unmet dependencies"

On Friday 18 December 2009 12:12:52 Rick Thomas wrote: > I understand "normal churn" in testing and unstable, but these > problems have persisted for over a week. > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > epiphany-extensions-more: Depends: epiphany-extensions (< 2.27) > > but 2.2

perl question

Hi I have a set of constants setup in my script RC_OK ... ... I use LWP::Simple which also uses RC_OK, and I get a main::RC_OK redifinition is there some way around this with out renaming my constants. Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature