Re: Locate older debian packages

2010-07-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thank you both. And the bug is already reported. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c43f432.6000...@gmail.com

Re: Locate older debian packages

2010-07-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Thank you both. And the bug is already reported. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c43f436.4010...@gmail.com

Re: Synaptic / Could not download all repository indexes

2010-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 18 iul 10, 21:44:53, scar wrote: > Andrei Popescu @ 07/18/2010 01:17 AM: > > This was already reported > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525409 > > good job finding that! how were you able? i searched for many strings > in the bugs and didn't find anything I went t

Re: Locate older debian packages

2010-07-18 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Panayiotis Karabassis writes: > I need to downgrade a package due to a bug. However the older package > version is no longer available from apt. Is there a way to find the > older .deb? If it is of any importance I am searching for the eclipse > version prior to 3.5.2-5. Try snapshot.debian

Re: Locate older debian packages

2010-07-18 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:29:58 +0300, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > I need to downgrade a package due to a bug. However the older package > version is no longer available from apt. Is there a way to find the > older .deb? If it is of any importance I am searching for the eclipse > version prior to

Locate older debian packages

2010-07-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I need to downgrade a package due to a bug. However the older package version is no longer available from apt. Is there a way to find the older .deb? If it is of any importance I am searching for the eclipse version prior to 3.5.2-5. Thanks! Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Re: Synaptic / Could not download all repository indexes

2010-07-18 Thread scar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Andrei Popescu @ 07/18/2010 01:17 AM: > This was already reported > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525409 good job finding that! how were you able? i searched for many strings in the bugs and didn't find anything -BEGIN

Xorg vt07 is abnormal

2010-07-18 Thread T o n g
Hi, Due to some unknown error to me, having quit my malfunctioning X, my startx can't get into vt07 any more, but only into vt08. I.e., CTRL-ALT-F7 gives me a black text screen, while CTRL-ALT-F8 is my started X. startx -- :1 starts xorg in vt08 as well. If the vt08 is occupied, then I got

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 7/18/10, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/18/2010 04:05 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:44:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 07/18/2010 03:54 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrot

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 08:09 PM, Javier Vasquez wrote: [snip] I have an USB audio device as well, one of those cheap ones, :-) But when there's no other sound device in the box, there's a problem with them, because some applications do not look for secondary devices, they just look for the first one (ma

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 7/17/10, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > My Google-fu must not be up to snuff, because I've Googled much > without any luck. > > USB Audio > 32-bit Sid > ALSA 1.0.23+dfsg-1 > Flash 10.1r53 (from adobe.com) > Iceweasel 3.6.4-1 (experimental) > vlc 1.1.0 > users are in group audio > > Sound plays fi

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 07:40 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:22:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/18/2010 05:53 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:37:21PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 04:09 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Ron I've had that pr

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 06:22:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/18/2010 05:53 PM, Rob Owens wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:37:21PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 04:09 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: >>> > Ron I've had that problem a couple times befor

Re: cloning/saving system

2010-07-18 Thread H.S.
On 18/07/10 09:14 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: Backup Windows first, put the old HD into the new computer, boot up to Linux (you might have to edit Grub at this point) then dd the MBR to the new drive on the new computer, Regarding the dd'ing of grub, why not just do (after booting in to the sy

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 05:53 PM, Rob Owens wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:37:21PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 04:09 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Ron I've had that problem a couple times before, what I found was one of my channels was "not" selected in the volume contro

Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?

2010-07-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On 18/07/10 18:19, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 16:59:44 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/18/2010 04:05 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:44:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [...] > >>$ lsof +c0 $(find /dev/ -group audio) > >>COMMANDPID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME > >>mixer_appl

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 01:02:58PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > My Google-fu must not be up to snuff, because I've Googled much without > any luck. > > USB Audio > 32-bit Sid > ALSA 1.0.23+dfsg-1 > Flash 10.1r53 (from adobe.com) > Iceweasel 3.6.4-1 (experimental) > vlc 1.1.0 > users are in

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:37:21PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 07/17/2010 04:09 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >>> Ron I've had that problem a couple times before, what I found was one of >>> my channels was "not" selected in the volume control in Kmix. >> >> That's kinda whe

Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?

2010-07-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On 18/07/10 18:34, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 18 iul 10, 15:34:22, Alan Chandler wrote: Fatal server error: Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error I've never seen this error, but did you try to google it? Do you have enough space on all partitions (especially /tmp)? How about a fu

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 04:05 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:44:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/18/2010 03:54 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:13:35 -0500, Ron Joh

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ralph Katz
On 07/17/2010 02:02 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: > Sound plays fine from local sources but not from Flash/Iceweasel. (Yes, > Flash *video* works.) I sure remember struggling with flash audio issues over the years! While I am clueless to offer additional hints on possible solutions, I do have a trusty wo

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:44:10 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/18/2010 03:54 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >>On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >>>On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:13:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/17/2010 04:30

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 21:02 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > Thanks, what I don't understand though is why when gcc is installed it does a > symlink to gcc-4.4, on Squeeze. Because gcc-4.4 is the default compiler, but the kernel has been compiled with gcc-4.3 (mainly to avoid regressions that may show up whe

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 09:31:46 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > > to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, > > > > 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 > > 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 & 4.3.5 > > 3. installing gcc c

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 09:48 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > Wait, is the USB device a headset or an external sound card? Speakers. But effectively big headsets.

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 03:54 AM, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:13:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 07/17/2010 04:30 PM, Camaleón wrote: Run "alsamixer" and check the volume for all the c

Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?

2010-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 15:34:22 +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > >On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: > >>Florian Kulzer wrote: > >>>Do you see signs of an X server restart or > >>>anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or > >>>/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? > >> > >

Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?

2010-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 18 iul 10, 15:34:22, Alan Chandler wrote: > > Fatal server error: > Failed to submit batchbuffer: Input/output error I've never seen this error, but did you try to google it? Do you have enough space on all partitions (especially /tmp)? How about a full fsck? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, > > 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 > 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 & 4.3.5 > 3. installing gcc creates a symbolic link to version of gcc-4.4.4 > 4. gcc is a

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 01:22:00 Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello list, > > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this > process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the > relevant kernel release

Re: udev not assigning group correctly for scanner

2010-07-18 Thread briand
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:36:25 + Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > 1. Have you reloaded udev rules after your changes? > > udevadm control --reload-rules that was one mistake I was making so I did /etc/init.d/udev restart > > On Lenny: > > udevadm control --reload_rules > > 2. udevmonitor (ude

Re: clamscan vs. clamscan with mb2md

2010-07-18 Thread Jeffrey B. Green
In a previous msg, I wrote: Running clamscan over a PDC/BDC with roaming profiles will (obviously) generate sporadic alerts on mbox files assoicated with assorted mail clients, icedove/tbird in this case. In order to track down the specific message, I've used mbox2maildir (in the past) and mb2

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> Wait, is the USB device a headset or an external sound card? > > Speakers. But effectively big headsets. > >> I say that >> beacuse o

Re: cloning/saving system

2010-07-18 Thread Mark
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > On 7/18/2010 7:20 AM, John Lindsay wrote: > > I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell > > Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. > > I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD

Re: Is it gdm3 that is logging me out?

2010-07-18 Thread Alan Chandler
On 15/07/10 07:28, Alan Chandler wrote: On 14/07/10 17:25, Bob Proulx wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: Do you see signs of an X server restart or anything else that looks suspicious in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old or /var/log/syslog? See also the ~/.xsesssion-errors file. Bob

Re: RAID Questions

2010-07-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 06 Jul 2010, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 06 July 2010 13:04:27 Alan Chandler wrote: > > On 06/07/10 18:15, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > part2 primary Linux RAID 3G for swap > > > > Personally. I can't see the point in using RAID for swap. > > If your system is actively

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Amax
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:40:02 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello list, > > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this process > required of me only to download the linux-headers for the relevant > kernel re

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/18/2010 06:03 AM, Justin The Cynical wrote: [snip] Try this: http://www.macewan.org/2006/06/01/howto-firefox-flash-video-sound-on-ubuntu-linux-dapper/ IIRC, I had this problem on an old Linux install I was using for MythTV, and it did come down to a lack of OSS support with the installed

Re: cloning/saving system

2010-07-18 Thread Jordon Bedwell
On 7/18/2010 7:20 AM, John Lindsay wrote: > I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell > Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. > I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD > with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and sto

cloning/saving system

2010-07-18 Thread John Lindsay
I am currently using debian lenny as my primary computer. It's a Dell Dimension 8300, P4, 3.4G with 1G Ram. 60G HD. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX620 which currently has win7 on a 300G HD with 1.5g ram. I will be removing files from the win7 and storing them on DVDs and installing Debian on it.

Re: input from a file for 'ed'

2010-07-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Ariful Hossain wrote: > Can anyone explain what happens > $ed it ends up with a ken thompson's infamaous '?' What are the contents of the file "temp"? That is providing command input to your 'ed' command. Since you haven't shown us what your ed script is telling 'ed' to do it isn't possible to

[SOLVED] Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou > wrote: > ... >> Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? > > Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/n

Re: udev not assigning group correctly for scanner

2010-07-18 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:09:05PM -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > device `epson2:/dev/sg1' is a Epson GT-9700 flatbed scanner > > crw-rw+ 1 root root 21, 1 Jul 14 18:57 /dev/sg1 > > here's the rule it looks like it should be matching : > > > # Epson Perfection 2450 | Epson GT-9700F | Ep

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 7/17/10 11:02 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > My Google-fu must not be up to snuff, because I've Googled much without > any luck. > > USB Audio > 32-bit Sid > ALSA 1.0.23+dfsg-1 > Flash 10.1r53 (from adobe.com) > Iceweasel 3.6.4-1 (experimental) > vlc 1.1.0 > users are in group audio > > Sou

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Angus Hedger
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > >> I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having >> trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this >> process required of me only to download the linux-h

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this > process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the > relevant kernel release and then running the

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou wrote: ... > Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/nvidia-kernel-dkms -> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms I am using modu

Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
Hello list, I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the relevant kernel release and then running the shell script provided by NVIDIA on their web

Re: No sound from Flash, but other methods work well

2010-07-18 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 18:41:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 07/17/2010 05:57 PM, Camaleón wrote: > >On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:13:35 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > >>On 07/17/2010 04:30 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > > >>>Run "alsamixer" and check the volume for all the channels :-? > >>> > >>> > >>First

Re: Home directory viewable from another profile

2010-07-18 Thread AG
On 17/07/10 22:19, Bob Proulx wrote: AG wrote: I have created another account for someone who will need to use my computer for a while. However, when checking this, I found that my own files are viewable from this second account. By default files in the home are readable but not writ

Re: Nvidia card and Xen in lenny

2010-07-18 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 07/16/2010 07:06 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-07-16 14:33 +0200, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: Yes I am using Squeeze. Sorry. How did you figure it out? :-) Your Xorg.0.log showed xserver and kernel versions from Squeeze. On 07/16/2010 11:04 AM, Sven Joachim wrote:

input from a file for 'ed'

2010-07-18 Thread Ariful Hossain
Can anyone explain what happens $edhttp://lists.debian.org/1279441596.2432.12.ca...@freeburn

Re: Synaptic / Could not download all repository indexes

2010-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 17 iul 10, 11:53:29, scar wrote: > > Thanks. while i never manually edited the sources.list file, i did use > software-properties-gtk to "select best server" (Main tab, Download From > dropdown menu, Other, select best server button). it seems like there > is a bug in that algorithm and i

Re: kernel panic error

2010-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 17 iul 10, 23:10:39, Anand Sivaram wrote: > > > > Could you please elaborate on that? How can UUID fail if you have > > modules compiled in the kernel, since UUID is a property of the > > filesystem? > > Even if every driver is compiled into the kernel, an initrd may be required > to > use

Re: [Solved ??? Please do not follow web resources without checking]: Scim and iceweasel

2010-07-18 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 13:55, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 08:56:13AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:54, H.S. wrote: >> > On 17/07/10 07:49 AM, Osamu Aoki wrote: >> >> >> >> Sourcing ~/.bashrc does not work for programs started by menu as I >> >>