Re: A-posteriori use of another HDD for the /home/username

2009-12-29 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 03:58:56PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20091229_011737, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:57:00PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Tue,29.Dec.09, 00:25:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > ... > > > > $ cd /path/to/source ; cp -a ./ destination/ > > > > > > >

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

2009-12-29 Thread Mark
>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Robert David wrote: I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday package management. Robert. >>> Probably because lots of official Debian on-line help says to use apt-get (such as http://wik

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

2009-12-29 Thread Robert David
Did you consider using aptitude as your main package manager?? It will solve these problems easily. I just hold packages that I need to be hold and aptitude works great. I dont understand why so many people today use pure apt-get for everyday package management. Robert. Dne Út 29. prosince

Re: A-posteriori use of another HDD for the /home/username

2009-12-29 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20091229_011737, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:57:00PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Tue,29.Dec.09, 00:25:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > ... > > > $ cd /path/to/source ; cp -a ./ destination/ > > > > > > This does trick since adding ./ after destination/ is still destination/ >

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Mark Allums
Oh, I forgot, Calibre is in Sid. Try Calibre, if you can use Sid. Or manually install it, per my previous post. Mark Allums -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Mark Allums
On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? Thanks. Calibre Binary install calibre has a binary installer that has been tested on a number of distr

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

2009-12-29 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all > > Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or > texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed. > > However, when I set them on hold by > >  echo nano hold | dpkg --set-selections >  echo tasksel hold | dpkg --set

Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

2009-12-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,29.Dec.09, 23:21:51, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Dear all > > Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or > texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed. [...] > Is there anywhere a setting that I can make dselect and apt-get obey > to my hold-settings permanently? You could pi

how to put packages on hold -- permanently

2009-12-29 Thread Lukas Ruf
Dear all Some packges, for example nano, tasksel, aptitude or texlive-pstricks-doc, I do not want to have installed. However, when I set them on hold by echo nano hold | dpkg --set-selections echo tasksel hold | dpkg --set-selections echo aptitude hold | dpkg --set-selections echo texli

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread John Hasler
What's wrong with gutenbrowser? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Willie
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36 +0530, "shampavman.cg" wrote: > Glenn English wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > > >> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? >

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:54:36 -0600 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > David Baron put forth on 12/29/2009 10:35 AM: > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12781374 Oct 29 18:11 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31- > > davidb_2.6.31-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12785544 Nov 16 22:14 /usr/src/linux-i

[SOLVED, partially at least] Re (4): xorg.conf for vesa

2009-12-29 Thread peasthope
Camaleón & others, * Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:29:20 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote, > ... follow the steps ... * Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:04:54 -0800 I wrote, > ... 'll try to work on [xorg.conf] next week. Observation: the GUI is intact except that the X-coordinate of the mouse is to

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:28 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince (or any PDF reader). T

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread shampavman.cg
Glenn English wrote: On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? vi :-) I would actually agree, but feels a little cumbersome i guess.

Re: Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Glenn English
On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been > opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? vi :-) -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Software suggestion: reading Guttenberg plaintext ebooks

2009-12-29 Thread Dotan Cohen
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better? Thanks. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread Tom H
> I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to > connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have constructed a > simple Java program that is triggering the problem. The program simple just > open a socket port and waiting for a connection. > Starting

Re: can't get CUPS working with Xerox Phaser 6280DN

2009-12-29 Thread Steve Kleene
[I'm the original poster, back from a vacation. Sorry for the delay.] On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:14:11 -0500, I wrote: > I am failing to get CUPS working with a new Xerox Phaser 6280DN color laser > printer connected by USB. The OS is Debian Lenny. ... the jobs get queued > and don't print. I've

[SOLVED] Permission denied when changing fan speed on T23 (Lenny)

2009-12-29 Thread Brian Ryans
I forgot to mark my previous reply to this thread solved, silly me :) I've also written a little script for the benefit of those who may have a similiar problem in the future and find this via the archives or by google. Due to the triviality of this script, I'm declaring it to be public domain. -

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
David Baron put forth on 12/29/2009 10:35 AM: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12781374 Oct 29 18:11 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31- > davidb_2.6.31-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12785544 Nov 16 22:14 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31- > davidb-svn14611_2.6.31-davidb-svn14611-10.00.Custom_i

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread David Baron
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 19:14:39 Dave Witbrodt wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity, what's the size of your kernel image file? I > >> also use lilo and no initrd. I'm using 2.6.31.1 with Lenny and have not > >> run into any boot problems yet. > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12781374 Oct 29 18:11

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread Dave Witbrodt
Just out of curiosity, what's the size of your kernel image file? I also use lilo and no initrd. I'm using 2.6.31.1 with Lenny and have not run into any boot problems yet. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12781374 Oct 29 18:11 /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.31- davidb_2.6.31-davidb-10.00.Custom_i386.deb -rw

Re: New Iptables Errors

2009-12-29 Thread David Baron
On Saturday 12 September 2009 09:54:58 bobik wrote: > this might help > > in /etc/rc.firewall change LC_ALL=US to LC_ALL=en_US > or delete US and leave only LC_all= > > restart firewall by ./rc.firewall > > BTW using guarddog again will undo the changes > OK. Anyway to fix guarddog (this o

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread David Baron
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 18:12:37 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > Built kernel 2.6.32.3. Get 2.6.32EBDA too big, overlaps lilo 2nd stage > > image or something like that. This is a non-initrd kernel. > > > > Do I have to go back to an initrd (stopped using it because of

Re: building a custom kernel:IT WORKED

2009-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Arthur Machlas put forth on 12/29/2009 10:06 AM: > I read somewhere that although optimize for size will decrease the size > of the kernel on the disk, not optimizing for size will increase the > performance of the kernel, at least during the boot stage, as it won't > be compressed and can be read

Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread Stephen Powell
On 2009-12-29 at15:47:41 +0200, David Baron wrote: > Built kernel 2.6.32.3. Get 2.6.32EBDA too big, overlaps lilo 2nd stage image > or something like that. This is a non-initrd kernel. > > Do I have to go back to an initrd (stopped using it because of all those > yaird > problems)? > > Or is t

Re: Customizing xscreensaver

2009-12-29 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Tom Furie wrote: > Hi Arthur, > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:16:05AM -0600, Arthur Machlas wrote: > > > I've figured out how to modify the colour scheme of the unlock dialog for > > xscreensaver, though I'm wondering if it only supports a certain colour > > palett

Re: building a custom kernel:IT WORKED

2009-12-29 Thread Arthur Machlas
I read somewhere that although optimize for size will decrease the size of the kernel on the disk, not optimizing for size will increase the performance of the kernel, at least during the boot stage, as it won't be compressed and can be read without having to uncompress it first. Is this mistaken?

jabberd2 startup

2009-12-29 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Manao ahoana, Hello, Bonjour, I installed jabberd2. debian-amd64:~# invoke-rc.d jabberd2 restart Restarting Jabber services: Stopping Jabber services: muc c2s s2s sm router. Starting Jabber services: router sm s2s c2s muc. But: debian-amd64:~# netstat -tlnp Active Internet connections (o

Re: aptitude tries to reach mirrors via IPv6

2009-12-29 Thread Barış Balta
Hi, Just remove ipv6 specific lines in /etc/hosts file and try again. I had the same problem and this worked for me. Regards Barış Balta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
David Baron put forth on 12/29/2009 7:47 AM: > Built kernel 2.6.32.3. Get 2.6.32EBDA too big, overlaps lilo 2nd stage image > or something like that. This is a non-initrd kernel. > > Do I have to go back to an initrd (stopped using it because of all those > yaird > problems)? > > Or is there a

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread martin
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 15.01.29 jeff d wrote: > Sent from my coffee machine > > On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:36 AM, martin wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 December 2009 14.26.51 jeff dickison wrote: > >> On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:07 AM, martin wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I have problem with IPv4 on my local

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread martin
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 15.00.36 Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Could it be this (from the AMD64 list)? > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560056 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560238 > > Workaround: > > /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf > > -> net.ipv6.bindv6

Best Keeps Getting Bigger

2009-12-29 Thread David Baron
Built kernel 2.6.32.3. Get 2.6.32EBDA too big, overlaps lilo 2nd stage image or something like that. This is a non-initrd kernel. Do I have to go back to an initrd (stopped using it because of all those yaird problems)? Or is there a lilo parameter I can increase to make room? -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread jeff d
Sent from my coffee machine On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:36 AM, martin wrote: On Tuesday 29 December 2009 14.26.51 jeff dickison wrote: On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:07 AM, martin wrote: Hi, I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to connect to localhost with IPv4 gets

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Could it be this (from the AMD64 list)? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560056 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560238 Workaround: /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf -> net.ipv6.bindv6only = 0 See also Thread "Java Anwendungen - keine Netzwerk/Internetverbindung me

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread martin
On Tuesday 29 December 2009 14.26.51 jeff dickison wrote: > On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:07 AM, martin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is > > trying to > > connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have > > constructed a > > simple

Re: IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread jeff dickison
On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:07 AM, martin wrote: Hi, I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have constructed a simple Java program that is triggering the problem. The program simple just N Sta

IPv4 localhost network problem

2009-12-29 Thread martin
Hi, I have problem with IPv4 on my local network. Applications that is trying to connect to localhost with IPv4 gets “connection refused”. I have constructed a simple Java program that is triggering the problem. The program simple just open a socket port and waiting for a connection. Starting

Re: Upgrade script for libata transition

2009-12-29 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:09:05 +0300 Mihamina Rakotomandimby shared this with us all: >> Ben Hutchings : >> On upgrade, we will recommend that users identify hard disk volumes >> in configuration files by label or UUID > >What is the recommended tool for getting the UUID? > I use blkid Charlie -

Re: Upgrade script for libata transition

2009-12-29 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> Ben Hutchings : > On upgrade, we will recommend that users identify hard disk volumes in > configuration files by label or UUID What is the recommended tool for getting the UUID? -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Developpement

Re: Installing Debian Testing ia64 with Netinstall-CD?

2009-12-29 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
[Copied also to Debian user - this is another FAQ] On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:49:41AM +0100, Paul Chany wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux Lenny (32bit). > > Here I want to install on my VirtualBox the Debian Testing ia64. > Because of the ia64 architecture, I don't know whether is th

Installing Debian Testing ia64 with Netinstall-CD?

2009-12-29 Thread Paul Chany
Hi, I'm running Debian GNU/Linux Lenny (32bit). Here I want to install on my VirtualBox the Debian Testing ia64. Because of the ia64 architecture, I don't know whether is that possyble? Maybe it's better to install the i386 architecture here? -- Regards, Paul Chany http://csanyi-pal.info -- T

Re: changing rootdn password

2009-12-29 Thread Joe
Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: Didar Hossain : I would like to change that admin password without calling 'dpkg-reconfigure slapd'. Is there an ldap utility or built-in command for that purpose? Please, do not cross-post the same message to multiple mailing lists - instead use separate message

Re: Ugly VGA fonts with console-setup (Squeeze)

2009-12-29 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,28.Dec.09, 21:52:26, Tom H wrote: > Thanks for the link. If I understand correctly, its purpose is to add > a grub_gfxpayload line to /etc/default/grub so that the /etc/grub.d > scripts have a value to plug in to grub.cfg. I edit my grub.cfg Yep > manually so it does not really matter to