Re: Installing Java jdk - do I need to purge Java gcj first?

2011-02-09 Thread Lisi
On Thursday 10 February 2011 07:00:36 Greg Madden wrote: > I can select whichever one I want, from the multiple entries: > 1. /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre > 2. /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.4/jre > > Or run without java, for my use. Thanks, Greg. :-) That is very helpful. I shall install with

Re: Installing Java jdk - do I need to purge Java gcj first?

2011-02-09 Thread Greg Madden
On Wednesday 09 February 2011 09:29:17 pm Lisi wrote: > The release notes for LibreOffice recommend Java jdk instead of Java gcj. > I have Java gcj installed. Can I just aptitude install jdk? Or > must/should I aptitude purge Java gcj first, and then aptitude install jdk? > > Thanks, > Lisi N

Debian way of compiling a kernel.

2011-02-09 Thread Dan Serban
Ages ago, when amd64 wasn't part of the debian collection, I used to compile kernels myself using make-kpkg. This worked wonderfully, when I had to debug driver patches etc. (all is now of course stable). Since then I've forgotten this process, but this is not my problem. I wanted to test a fix

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
David Christensen wrote: > Paul Cartwright wrote: > >when you find a FIX for something, I think "THEY" like to see the > >subject line change to -- > > Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?-SOLVED Some like it and some do not. If you want to then add it. If not then don't. I personally don'

Installing Java jdk - do I need to purge Java gcj first?

2011-02-09 Thread Lisi
The release notes for LibreOffice recommend Java jdk instead of Java gcj. I have Java gcj installed. Can I just aptitude install jdk? Or must/should I aptitude purge Java gcj first, and then aptitude install jdk? Thanks, Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote: > The web page at http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ states > The port consists of a kernel for all AMD 64bit CPUs with AMD64 > extension and all Intel CPUs with EM64T extension, and a common > 64bit userspace. > > Thus, from the Debian official documentation, it is made clear th

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > My avoiding use of GNOME/KDE (and hence network-manager and its GUI > interfaces) doesn't help matters much. I suspect that if I were to run > one or the other, I'd have fewer problems in that department. Have you tried wicd? It has a curses interface and so no need for a

Re: Squeeze and Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Pro 4000

2011-02-09 Thread Philippe Marzouk
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 09:25:23PM +0100, Slobodan Aleksić wrote: > Hello List, > > I own a Logitech QuickCamPro and it doesn't work with Squeeze, any > other people who have the same problem or no problem with it ?! > > Only thing I found relevant was a closed bug : > http://lists.debian.org/deb

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:36:26 + (UTC) From: Camaleón To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:37:01 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:

How to enable trim (discard) with ssd harddisk in linux

2011-02-09 Thread gulfstream
Hello, My kernel is 2.6.32, which was customized and complied myself. I want to enable trim with ssd harddisk in my debian. Besides set "discard" in fstab file, which option should be set in kernel config file? Thank you! gulfstream

Re: Netbook unbable to boot from USB Drive

2011-02-09 Thread shawn wilson
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Michael Dykes wrote: > To cut a long story short, I want to return to Ubuntu 10.10 - yet upon > downloading the 10.10. iso & using UNetBootin to wrtie this to a USB drive, > and trying to boot from that drive found that for some reason, my machine > will not boot fr

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 02:11:41PM EST, Erin Brinkley wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > > That's odd.. I would've thought the ‘-fn’ flag would not support .ttf > > fonts. I don't use emacs, but other X programs such as XTerm, xfd, etc. > > use the ‘-fa’ flag when using the ‘typeface’ syntax. Maybe

Netbook unbable to boot from USB Drive

2011-02-09 Thread Michael Dykes
Hullo all. I recently wanted to install and try out Debian, so I installed what I thought was the latest version of Debian- lenny. I tried to re-download my favourite programs, and then found out I needed Debian Squeeze to do so. I have yet to get that version of debian on my netbook. To cut a lon

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 02/09/2011 01:32 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote: when I hit CTRL-R ( reply) I forgot to notice that it replied to YOU, not THE LIST.. Seems like sometimes it does that.. I believe some list servers modify the headers (Reply-To?) so that when users hit Reply in their mail client, the reply goes t

Re: stable-updates versus volatile

2011-02-09 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20110209093337.ga13...@furie.org.uk>, Tom Furie wrote: >>On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 09:20:04PM -0800, Mark wrote: >>> Thank you, Rob.  This is very very helpful.  In step 2, you not only >>> changed "lenny" to "squeeze" but also "deb

route table behind router

2011-02-09 Thread Mike McClain
After a decade of dialup So Cal. Cox finally made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I've switched but can't connect on my Debian box. I've spent the last two weeks reading man pages, HOWTOs, searching the web and Deb user list archives but still don't get it. The setup is like so: cox cable-

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-09 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:39:20AM -0500, Slicky Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:19:22 -0800 > freeman wrote: > > > As of Monday: > > > > http://debian-multimedia.org/ > > > > Why leave etch but remove lenny? > I believe he had some sort of hardware/configuration problem which wrecked

Re: Migration from Lenny to Squeeze: any feedback about configuration upgrade issues ?

2011-02-09 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 11:54:46AM +0100, Dominique Dumont wrote: > Hello > > I'm working on a project that aim to ease configuration upgrades during > package upgrade. [1] > > Since a lot of people will upgrade them system from Lenny to Squeeze, I'd be > interested in feedback on the upgrade o

Re: stable-updates versus volatile

2011-02-09 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 10:02:02AM +, Tom Furie wrote: > On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 03:50:58AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > I think the implication was that the release notes doesn't tell you how to > > edit the lines that refer to volatile. > > Well, there's an example squeeze-u

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-09 Thread Jasper Noë
Mirrors: http://debian-multimedia.org/debian-m.php Seems to be up most of the time. -- Jasper. -- 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/4d5337fb.4070...@xs4

Re: xemacs21-nomule under squeeze

2011-02-09 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Andreas Goesele [110210 00:27]: > The correction: Of course, I want to get back a working > *xemacs21-nomule*. (Without the need of having installed xemacs21-mule.) > > Any idea how I could pin down the problem? Or, what would be the right > place to ask this question, if not here? I am runnin

Re: Squeeze stable upgrade: "RANDR" missing on display

2011-02-09 Thread george.stand...@gmail.com
Erin, If you are getting the RANDR missing error verify you have the line: Option "RandRRotation" "on" Under the nvidia device heading in your Xorg.conf. I'm running into a different issue which appears related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611619 Best of luck, G

Re: Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer

2011-02-09 Thread Brian
On Wed 09 Feb 2011 at 18:13:54 -0600, Jason Hsu wrote: > Thanks, Brian, I'll try installing Lenny and then upgrading. If I still have > trouble with Squeeze, then I'll have to stick with Lenny until I buy a > somewhat newer computer that doesn't have problems with the Debian Squeeze > CD. As it

sysvinit: Regarding ipAddr printed by utmpdump

2011-02-09 Thread Navdeep Bhatia
Hi, The addr field of the output from utmpdump contains the ip address of the connection. This is obtained by calling inet_ntoa on the ut.ut_addr field (as depicted in the code below, utmpdump.c, Release 2.88). But in case the ip address is an IPV6 address, the output contains the wrong ip address

Re: Squeeze stable upgrade: "RANDR" missing on display

2011-02-09 Thread Brian
On Wed 09 Feb 2011 at 12:19:07 -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote: > What in the world is going on??? I've done some research and it is a problem > that has occured when people use Xinerama with dual head setups ... however, > I am NOT using Xinerama and do NOT have a dual head system. I'm running a > sin

Re: Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer

2011-02-09 Thread Jason Hsu
Thanks, Brian, I'll try installing Lenny and then upgrading. If I still have trouble with Squeeze, then I'll have to stick with Lenny until I buy a somewhat newer computer that doesn't have problems with the Debian Squeeze CD. On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 23:36:17 + Brian wrote: > > Not being able

Re: Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer

2011-02-09 Thread Brian
On Wed 09 Feb 2011 at 16:40:41 -0600, Jason Hsu wrote: > I'm trying to turn an old computer (10-year-old IBM NetVista desktop with a > 1.0 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM) into a server. Thus, I've made sure to > only use the i386 versions of Debian. > > I'm having difficulty installing Debian S

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread John Hasler
David Christensen writes: > It is my understanding that changing the subject line causes problems > for the mail server, for some recipients, and/or for the various other > systems that handle list traffic. Therefore, I don't change the > subject line. That's what the "References:" header is for.

Re: Wheezy Codename with lsb_release

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Beck
On Thu, 2011-02-10 at 00:15 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > As soon as base-files 6.1 migrates to testing, > /etc/debian_version will say "wheezy/sid" Hi Sven, thanks for clarification... Cheers Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 16:15 Wed 09 Feb, Celejar (cele...@gmail.com) wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:24:28 -0800 > "Dr. Ed Morbius" wrote: > > > on 15:23 Tue 08 Feb, Celejar (cele...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > I'm curious - everyone has always seemed to love ThinkPads, but I've > > > never understood what exactly m

Re: Wheezy Codename with lsb_release

2011-02-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-10 00:00 +0100, Peter Beck wrote: > I am running testing on my laptop (sources.list has testing everywhere). > Since Squeeze is stable, shouldn't be the codename shown with > lsb_release labelled with Wheezy ? Yes. > On my system it still shows Squeeze. I'm just wondering if this is >

Difficulty installing Debian 6.0.0 on an old computer

2011-02-09 Thread Jason Hsu
I'm trying to turn an old computer (10-year-old IBM NetVista desktop with a 1.0 GHz processor and 256 MB of RAM) into a server. Thus, I've made sure to only use the i386 versions of Debian. I'm having difficulty installing Debian Squeeze on it. I did once successfully install Debian Lenny on

Wheezy Codename with lsb_release

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Beck
Hi guys, I am running testing on my laptop (sources.list has testing everywhere). Since Squeeze is stable, shouldn't be the codename shown with lsb_release labelled with Wheezy ? On my system it still shows Squeeze. I'm just wondering if this is normal or just on my system ? Cheers Peter -- T

Help! Cannot mount XFS filesystem createt with Ubuntu on Debian

2011-02-09 Thread Federico Cislaghi
Hello everyone, I hope you will be able to help me here because it is the first time in in five years of Debian use that I encounter a problem that I haven't been able to solve simply by googling it. So here is the situation: I am upgrading my home server from an old Pentium II to a more recent a

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 04:32:05PM EST, Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: [..] > They do? > > It's not configured by default or populated in /etc/skel. I doubt > "most" users would go about adding one themselves. Trust the little beggars.. > Yes, _if_ you're going to specify custom xrdb resources, that

Re: Usable Squeeze: Can switch off from X to consoles, even between

2011-02-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:57:39 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Note: you need either the Debian or Ubuntu patched kernels, or you need > the latest longterm 2.6.35 patch level, or the latest stable patchlevel > for 2.6.36. Anything else is likely to simply not work (e.g. latest > lon

Re: Possible bug in nfs-common (Lenny != Squeeze)?

2011-02-09 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Mario Kleinsasser wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Mario Kleinsasser >> wrote: >> > >> > Currently I am facing the following problem. At work site we have an IBM >> > mainframe (i6OS). We are using this mainf

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Jones wrote: > Ah, yes.. I'm unclear as to how I got to have vnc4server and > tightvncserver both installed on my machine. :-) Good for testing them out! > Now the problem is that I use the old, possibly deprecated, ~/.Xdefaults > and I have a lot of stuff in there. Since I was in a rush an

Re: bleeding edge kernels misidentify my Broadcom BCM4401-B0

2011-02-09 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:39:22 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-09 22:18 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:35:14 +0100 > > Sven Joachim wrote: > > > >> On 2011-02-08 21:19 +0100, Celejar wrote: > >> > >> > Recently, while using bleeding edge kernels (built from git pulls o

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Dr. Ed Morbius wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > That is a default because most people have a .Xresources file. > > They do? Sorry I was definitely over generalized there. :-) > An empty .Xresources should work just fine, but if that's required by > the tightvnc (or other) package, I'd file a bug.

Re: bleeding edge kernels misidentify my Broadcom BCM4401-B0

2011-02-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2011-02-09 22:18 +0100, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:35:14 +0100 > Sven Joachim wrote: > >> On 2011-02-08 21:19 +0100, Celejar wrote: >> >> > Recently, while using bleeding edge kernels (built from git pulls of >> > vanillas sources from kernel.org), my Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Ethernet

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 02/09/2011 04:15 PM, David Christensen wrote: It is my understanding that changing the subject line causes problems for the mail server, for some recipients, and/or for the various other systems that handle list traffic. Therefore, I don't change the subject line. I don't remember hear

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Dr. Ed Morbius
on 11:24 Wed 09 Feb, Bob Proulx (b...@proulx.com) wrote: > peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before > > TightVNC will work. > > Shouldn't need one. > > > Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task? > > To workaround the noise create an e

Re: bleeding edge kernels misidentify my Broadcom BCM4401-B0

2011-02-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:35:14 +0100 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2011-02-08 21:19 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > Recently, while using bleeding edge kernels (built from git pulls of > > vanillas sources from kernel.org), my Broadcom BCM4401-B0 Ethernet > > card, normally driven by the b44 driver, has st

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 02/09/2011 11:39 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: when you find a FIX for something, I think "THEY" like to see the subject line change to -- > Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?-SOLVED It is my understanding that changing the subject line causes problems for the mail server, for some reci

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:24:28 -0800 "Dr. Ed Morbius" wrote: > on 15:23 Tue 08 Feb, Celejar (cele...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > I'm curious - everyone has always seemed to love ThinkPads, but I've > > never understood what exactly makes them so popular. I'm not > > disagreeing or challenging - I've n

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:09:23 -0700 Bob Proulx wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > I'm curious - everyone has always seemed to love ThinkPads, but I've > > never understood what exactly makes them so popular. I'm not > > disagreeing or challenging - I've never used one, and I just want to > > understand w

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:34:36 -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> This is a shoot in the dark, but maybe you are experiencing some of the >> side effects this FAQ is pointing out :-? > > Seems like a good idea. I checked it. Now in /etc/fonts/local.conf there > is no mention of bit

Re: best labtop for debian

2011-02-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:02:31 -0500 Allan Wind wrote: > On 2011-02-08T15:23:29, Celejar wrote: > > I'm curious - everyone has always seemed to love ThinkPads, but I've > > never understood what exactly makes them so popular. I'm not > > disagreeing or challenging - I've never used one, and I just

Squeeze stable upgrade: "RANDR" missing on display

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
I am really stuck today everybody! Another problem with my lenny to squeeze upgrade is that I am constantly getting this error: Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0". This happens every time I run a program that opens a new window. Sometimes it makes the program abort. I have my w

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Chris Jones wrote: > Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought LMTypewriter was a true type font? Yes, it is ... but I'm so desperate I'm trying everything! The fonts that are 'lost' after going from lenny to squeeze are all TrueType, as far as I can tell. I also just noticed that "xfs" was not ins

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <718413D5BCF618498A68930091C4BE9B04EE8302@dueexs01.bertschi.domain>, Boblitz John wrote: >We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our >64bit machine. > >Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Citrix's ICAClient. Maybe Skype. Also, evidently GNU Gift (image rec

Re: Installing Debian on USB sticks.

2011-02-09 Thread Brian
On Tue 08 Feb 2011 at 20:29:21 +, James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > Recently I placed the netinst i386 debian installer on an old USB stick > using: > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdc And then copied myselected.iso to the stick? You can save yourself some work with cat myselected.iso > /dev/sdc >

Losing hi-res with Xen kernel

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
I did the following to set up a Xen dom0: 1. squeeze AMD64 install on a new partition 2. apt-get install the Xen packages (cf. Xen/debian wiki) 3. tweak the grub2 environment and install it to the MBR 4. boot the Xen dom0 kernel Now, the odd thing is that while doing steps [2-3] above, I'm workin

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Chris Jones wrote: > That's odd.. I would've thought the ‘-fn’ flag would not support .ttf > fonts. I don't use emacs, but other X programs such as XTerm, xfd, etc. > use the ‘-fa’ flag when using the ‘typeface’ syntax. Maybe emacs doesn't > make such sublte distinctions. The normal way I do it

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 01:34:36PM EST, Erin Brinkley wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > > This is a shoot in the dark, but maybe you are experiencing some of the > > side effects this FAQ is pointing out :-? > Seems like a good idea. I checked it. Now in /etc/fonts/local.conf > there is no mention of

bootcdbackupwizard - errors

2011-02-09 Thread Csanyi Pal
Hi, I'm trying to backup my Debian Squeeze system that is on the same LAN as my desktop Debian (Squeeze) machine. I'm running bootcdbackupwizard on desktop machine. When I run bootcdbackupwizard I get output that can be seen here: http://pastebin.com/axshCurv Errors or messages are like: Mes

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 01:28:53PM EST, Bob Proulx wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > That's odd.. the vnc4server script on ‘lenny’ from the vnc4server > > package tests the existence of the file: > > > > [ -r ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ... > > The vncserver uses the alternatives. It could be

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Camaleón wrote: > This is a shoot in the dark, but maybe you are experiencing some of the > side effects this FAQ is pointing out :-? Seems like a good idea. I checked it. Now in /etc/fonts/local.conf there is no mention of bitmapped fonts, but instead there's a symlink 70-no-bitmaps.conf in

Re: xemacs21-nomule under squeeze

2011-02-09 Thread Andreas Goesele
"Andreas Goesele" writes: > when I upgraded to squeeze unfortunately xemacs21-mule was installed (I > only had xemacs21-nomule installed). I removed xemacs21-mule with > apt-get without any error messages. But when I tried to restart xemacs I > got an error message from the first load command in

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 11:40:30AM EST, Erin Brinkley wrote: [..] > $ locate lmtypewriter > /usr/share/texmf/fonts/truetype/hoekwater/lm/lmtypewriter10-regular.ttf > $ emacs -fn LMTypewriter-10 > Font `LMTypewriter-10' is not defined > $ > > This used to work just fine! That's odd.. I would've

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:32:09 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: >> For someone who is going to install an OS, that's something that should >> be found by the user itself. More than a mere "technical" decision >> (both architectures -i386 and amd64- will work under 64-b

Re (3): guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread peasthope
From: Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:26:31 -0200 > Try this: > > #!/bin/sh > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > ... I put your text in /home/peter/.vnc/xstartup. Incidentally /home/peter/.vnc versus /etc/vnc could be a source of confusion. In any

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Jones wrote: > That's odd.. the vnc4server script on ‘lenny’ from the vnc4server > package tests the existence of the file: > > [ -r ~/.Xresources ] && xrdb -merge ... The vncserver uses the alternatives. It could be one of several different servers. From my machine: $ update-alterna

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 02/09/2011 09:21 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: have you tried the web admin printer page? http://localhost:631/printers That worked -- thank you. :-) David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Bob Proulx
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before > TightVNC will work. Shouldn't need one. > Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task? To workaround the noise create an empty file. $ touch .Xresources > The transcript from the TightVNC follo

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:03:04PM EST, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before > TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions > or examples for the task? The transcript from the > TightVNC follows. > > Thanks, ... Peter E. > >

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread John W Foster
On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 11:57 +0100, Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? > > Cheers, > > John Boblitz I,m running a mixed stable/testing system with as many 64 bit apps

Re: docx, openoffice, squeeze (Solved)

2011-02-09 Thread Andreas Goesele
"Andreas Goesele" writes: > so far, under lenny, I could open all docx-documents I got with the > combination of openoffice from backports with odf-converter-integrator > (odf-converter-integrator_strawberry_0.2.3-2_i386.deb). > > Unfortunately this doesn't work any more with squeeze and its vers

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Tixy
On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 09:10 -0800, David Christensen wrote: > When I go to Swirl -> System -> Administration -> Printing > and click Add, nothing happens. If you click the down arrow next to 'Add' you get a to select 'Printer' or 'Class'. Or use the menu Server > New > Printer. -- Tixy

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread PaulNM
Bret Busby wrote: > > The problem is in knowing whether a particular CPU is compatible with > the 64 bit version of the operating system, or whether it requires the > 32 bit version. > > For example, the Pentium 4, from memory, is a 64 bit CPU, but is > incompatible with the 64 bit version of De

Linksys WMP54G causes 6.0.0 x64 install to lockup

2011-02-09 Thread Tyson Smith
Linksys WMP54G causes 6.0.0x64 install to lockup. Workaround is to remove the card from the machine. How do i report this as a bug?

Re: Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Brandon Ros
You mentioned that the kernel supports TRIM. Do you need to add any mount options (discard) to enable it? Does it work with a journaled filesystem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit

2011-02-09 Thread Bret Busby
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Camaleón wrote: Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:16:46 + (UTC) From: Camaleón To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: which version for intel chipset 64bit Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 11:17:20 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:

Re: Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:40:30 -0800, Erin Brinkley wrote: > I just took the plunge and upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze. Now I'm > having some trouble! I mean, I can start X and go online and send email, > but a few things are broken and number one is my fonts! (...) This is a shoot in the dark, bu

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Koellner
I don't know if this helps: I have a HP 2550 LaserJet connected via USB to an AirportExpress WLAN Station which makes the printer accessible in the LAN. The computer is a thinkpad with debian squeeze 64 bit installed. So let me see how it got there... 1. Go to System->Administration->Printing

Re: Re (2): guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Try this: #!/bin/sh [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources #xsetroot -solid grey #vncconfig -iconic & #x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" & #x-window-manager & openbox-lxde & lxsession lxpanel pc

Re: Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Hi David, i only use hplip package with HP printers.. maybe this can help you Franz Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Engenheiro de Computação -- Running Windows on a PC is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake

Re: Squeeze. After Trinity istall no boot background picture

2011-02-09 Thread deloptes
Jimmy Johnson wrote: > If you install 'desktop-base' you will get the complete Debian Squeeze > Theme. > > As far as Trinity goes, if you are running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS then Trinity > works fine, Tim and his helpers are Ubuntu Users and don't know how to > build Trinity for Debian and that is a big

Re: Migration from Lenny to Squeeze: any feedback about configuration upgrade issues ?

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Dominique Dumont wrote: > Did the upgrade process stopped to ask you question about merging > configuration files ? If yes, for which files (and packages) No! Just the old messages about replacing your configs with the new maintainer's version. There definitely has to be some streamlining her

Re: guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread Franz Gustav Niederheitmann
Hi Peter, Can you send your ~/.vnc/xstartup ? Franz Gustav Niederheitmann Engenheiro de Computação -- Running Windows on a PC is like having a brand new Porsche but only be able to drive backwards with the handbrake on. 2011/2/9 > Appears that I nee

Squeeze how to use networked printer?

2011-02-09 Thread David Christensen
debian-user: I recently installed a Debian 6.0.0 i386 Squeeze desktop system. I am unable to figure out how to print to a LAN printer (HP LaserJet P2055dn). When I go to Swirl -> System -> Administration -> Printing and click Add, nothing happens. Under Lenny, I was able to fumble my way t

guidance for making a .Xresources file.

2011-02-09 Thread peasthope
Appears that I need to make a .Xresources file before TightVNC will work. Can anyone recommend instructions or examples for the task? The transcript from the TightVNC follows. Thanks, ... Peter E. peter@dalton:~$ tightvncserver :1 -geometry 620x730 -depth 16 New 'X' desktop is

Help with my Squeeze upgrade! (missing fonts)

2011-02-09 Thread Erin Brinkley
Hey guys, I just took the plunge and upgraded from Lenny to Squeeze. Now I'm having some trouble! I mean, I can start X and go online and send email, but a few things are broken and number one is my fonts! I have tons of fonts on my system but now X doesn't seem to recognize a few important on

Re: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:06:12, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian > squeeze system: > > Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10) > > It looks as if I have no wifi device at all. Anything

Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 15:23:05, Allan Wind wrote: > and added noatime and nodiratime in /etc/fstab for mount options. noatime implies nodiratime. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signatu

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:57:49 +0100, Boblitz John wrote: We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit machine. Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Sure, there still some applications that are not natively ported to 64 bits, like Skyp

Re: RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Just for reference, here it is: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609784 On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > >  Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian > squeeze system: > > Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wi

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Peter Koellner
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2011/2/9 Boblitz John We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our 64bit machine. Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port? Cheers, John Boblitz ?! :-) IMHO I see no reasons at all. I am running amd64 (both on p

Re: Multimedia Lenny is History!

2011-02-09 Thread Slicky Johnson
On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:19:22 -0800 freeman wrote: > As of Monday: > > http://debian-multimedia.org/ > Why leave etch but remove lenny? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: Installation on SSD

2011-02-09 Thread Allan Wind
On 2011-02-09T09:31:51, Brandon Ros wrote: > I have already done many web searches and readings of wiki pages and > articles. I seem to have amassed conflicting information. > > What is the bottom line with: > mount options (TRIM, noatime) All I did was ensuring that I was on a recent enough ker

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:01:32, Boblitz John wrote: > > "- it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific > circumstances" > > This is interesting! > Can you be more specific? Sorry, no. As I corrected myself immediately, it's only hearsay. > We are running a ProReliant serv

Re: "aptitude update/upgrade" not syncing properly for a squeeze upgrade

2011-02-09 Thread Jeffrey B. Green
On 02/09/2011 08:33 AM, Jeffrey B. Green wrote: [...snip...] Anyway, in a nutshell, I'm upgrading from a reprepro local repository that is currently up to date with the debian repositories. [...snip...] The reprepro Package list(s) seem to be the problem. Checking out the /v/l/dpkg/available

RE: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Boblitz John
"- it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific circumstances" This is interesting! Can you be more specific? We are running a ProReliant server and it will be used to host the a progreSQL DB, Apache tomcat / Java / PhP services (internal only). My main "concern" provid

Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System

2011-02-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:46:53 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 09 feb 11, 14:35:18, Camaleón wrote: >> >> >> - flash had some security issues for a while, workaround was to use >> >> the >> >> 32bit version with ugly hacks >> >> Yep, but not true anymore :-) >> >> There is Flash Square pl

Re: if the file changes send email about diff

2011-02-09 Thread owen
I have 2 script. Script "A", Script "B". ... If the goal is to see if a lease is either released by the client or times out on the server, then why not just set up an action in dhcpd.conf to email when either of these events take place? If you're not using DDNS, then this should be fairly easy

RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller

2011-02-09 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, Did anyone manage to get the following device to work on a debian squeeze system: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10) It looks as if I have no wifi device at all. ref: $ apt-cache policy firmware-realtek firmware-realtek: Installed: 0.28

Re: Configuring QLogic QLA4010c on Debian on Sparc

2011-02-09 Thread RR
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > No. What I'm saying is that Qlogic never shipped, and does not ship, a > SPARC/Linux binary of its utility package. And they don't ship the source. > If > that package is required to program that HBA, then you're hosed, screwed. > > Hi Stan

Re: VMware Converter equivalent

2011-02-09 Thread shawn wilson
On Feb 9, 2011 4:05 AM, "Mathieu Malaterre" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I recently bought a laptop with a microsoft windows 7 OEM OS. I > would like to convert into a virtual machine for later use in > VirtualBox. Having not read the vb doc that was pointed out I've shoved a windows 7 and 2008 i

"aptitude update/upgrade" not syncing properly for a squeeze upgrade

2011-02-09 Thread Jeffrey B. Green
Hi, I'm posting to both lists since it seems to be relevant to both. The problem that I'm experiencing only seems to be happening on my armel (nslu2) systems. Squeeze upgrades to the i386 systems seem to be working properly. However, since aptitude is not (afaict) particularly an app targeted

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