Re: How to get Bell Canada 3G USB network up?

Another update in my quest to get that UMTS modem work properly: Bell technical support told me that I should run a firmware upgrade on the stick (and gave me a link to the exact file). Of course that's a windows .exe. I tried to run it in a second hand computer store that let me plug in my Bell s

Re: my host pc can't connect to my virtual mathine using ftp

On 05/30/11 at 02:05am, profove wrote: > Ask, > I'm a newbie for debian. Now i want to create a file server using vsftpd > on my virtual machine which is created using vmware, and my virtual pc's > ip is 192.168.0.103 using bridged network while my host machine's ip is > 192.168.0.101. > > vsftpd'

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

On 05/29/11 at 02:31pm, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 12:21 PM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: > >Do you get any other text on the screen when it hangs during boot? > >What was the ps -ef output from the troubleshooting terminal of the > >installer? > > > +++ > From active terminal: > Waarning

Re: How to use the net install CD with PPPoE?

On 05/30/11 at 01:03am, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 5/29/2011 6:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Do I need to download and install pppoeconf + dependencies or is there > > another way to get a PPPoE connection? > > You buy a cheap consumer router, like everyone else does who isn't > provided one by

Re: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address x in squeeze

On 05/30/11 at 02:09am, Juan R. de Silva wrote: > I have a NexStar multi interface to USB adapter which I wanted to use to > connect my old IDE HDD to wipe it out before giving it away. While trying > to use it I hit the problem in subject line. That is:"Reset high speed > USB > device using eh

Re: How to use the net install CD with PPPoE?

On 5/29/2011 6:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Do I need to download and install pppoeconf + dependencies or is there > another way to get a PPPoE connection? You buy a cheap consumer router, like everyone else does who isn't provided one by their ISP. For instance: http://www.newegg.com/Product/P

Re: [SOLVED] need help with clamav

On Thu, 26 May 2011 18:01:11 +1000, M-L wrote: > On Thu, 26 May 2011 00:55:57 + (UTC) "Juan R. de Silva" > wrote: > >> Thanks Camaleón, you were the only one to reply. And this puzzles me >> BTW. I doubt people do not use clamav in Debian. Is there anything >> wrong with my posting. I'm new

Re: How to use the net install CD with PPPoE?

On 05/30/11 at 01:00am, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi :) > > I'm new to this list. I'm a long time Linux only user, interested in > audio and MIDI. Regarding to several issues with distros I did use, e.g. > coercion to use PulseAudio, I like to switch the distro. Great! Welcome. > > At the moment I'v

Re: uid & gid problem restoring ubuntu made backup to new squeeze install

On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Brian Ryans wrote: > Quoting Juan R. de Silva on 2011-04-21 16:36: >> I preserved the user names for both of users in a new squeeze >> installation but UID and GID are different. So, by simply using 'cp - >> a' (or rsync) I would run into problem of their mismatch.

Re: Convert .doc to Open editable format

> Can LibreOffice save a PDF as ODT? I don't know about LibreOffice. However, there's a couple of command-line programs that may be worth looking into. One is unoconv, and the other is wkhtmltopdf. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsu

Re: Convert .doc to Open editable format

On 05/29/11 at 06:15pm, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > On Monday, 30 May 2011 02:32:32 +0530, > Mihira Fernando wrote: > > >> Currently I'm making the Final University Project and I've found that > >> the templates provided by teachers for the reports are in Microsoft Word > >> format. It is sad to note

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > From active terminal: > Waarning: Untrusted versions of the following software will be installed! > Untrusted packages could compromise your system's security > You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain > that this is what you want to do > > in-targe

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

One thing that has sort of captured my imagination is the Kubuntu Mobile project. They are basically porting KDE4 to mobile devices, with the N900 being their primary target at this point. I'll be upgrading my SD card to 32GB, partially in anticipation of the release of 11.10. http://ianlawrence.i

Re: java plugin for iceweasel

2011/5/30 Johan Grönqvist > 2011-05-29 18:09, Hendrik Boom skrev: > > What's the Debian way to get Java to work from iceweasel? >> > > Here is what I would do: > > Try installing a plugin package like < > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sun+java+plugin&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all

reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address x in squeeze

I have a NexStar multi interface to USB adapter which I wanted to use to connect my old IDE HDD to wipe it out before giving it away. While trying to use it I hit the problem in subject line. That is:"Reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address x" in loop message. (Looks like its an

Re: Scratchy sound when encoding mkv to DVD with mencoder

On 05/29/2011 04:21 PM, François TOURDE wrote: Hi, I've a problem trying to convert a mkv video into a DVD suitable for a home DVD player: I use stable/testing, with debian-multimedia repositories for mplayer and mencoder, and when I try to encode the mkv, I've a scratchy sound, and only the fi

Re: cgroup OOM killer loop causes system to lockup (possible fix included)

Another quick update on this... Something really really really strange has happened this time.. I just did a completely fresh re-install (exactly like last time) and the problem went away. So, I'm going to build up the lxc / kernel support step by step (and check for the oom_adj problem afte

Re: M-audio Fast Track

On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 18:17 -0500, Chris wrote: > I all. > I would like to know if anyone has gotten the above to work. > > Also, does it work with rackattack (I think that's the app). > > Much obliged if you could pass on any tricks on how to use any of the > above. > > Chris Oops, please wai

PS: How to use the net install CD with PPPoE?

On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 01:00 +0200, I wrote: > Hi :) > > I'm new to this list. I'm a long time Linux only user, interested in > audio and MIDI. Regarding to several issues with distros I did use, e.g. > coercion to use PulseAudio, I like to switch the distro. > > At the moment I've got Suse 11.2 6

Re: M-audio Fast Track

Sounds good. I'll be using Lanovo T510. I'm hoping this works. Chris - Reply message - From: "Ralf Mardorf" Date: Sun, May 29, 2011 6:58 pm Subject: M-audio Fast Track To: "Chris" Cc: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 18:17 -0500, Chris wrote: > I all. > I would

Re: M-audio Fast Track

On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 18:17 -0500, Chris wrote: > I all. > I would like to know if anyone has gotten the above to work. > > Also, does it work with rackattack (I think that's the app). > > Much obliged if you could pass on any tricks on how to use any of the > above. > > Chris If you have Puls

M-audio Fast Track

I all. I would like to know if anyone has gotten the above to work. Also, does it work with rackattack (I think that's the app). Much obliged if you could pass on any tricks on how to use any of the above. Chris

How to use the net install CD with PPPoE?

Hi :) I'm new to this list. I'm a long time Linux only user, interested in audio and MIDI. Regarding to several issues with distros I did use, e.g. coercion to use PulseAudio, I like to switch the distro. At the moment I've got Suse 11.2 64-bit, used to run e.g. proprietary lightscribe apps, that

cgroup OOM killer loop causes system to lockup (possible fix included)

After submitting this problem to Kernel mailing list, I found a strange (and even more curious problem). I attempted to run both kernels on two seperate installs of Debian (both 6.0), but slightly different in packages.. One install did not have the OOM problem, yet the other one did.. And the

Re: Convert .doc to Open editable format

Hi Leonardo. I cc'ed the reply to the list. On Sonday, 29 May 2011 21:17:35 +, Leonardo Ruoso wrote: > > Currently I'm making the Final University Project and I've found > > that the templates provided by teachers for the reports are in > > Microsoft Word format. It is sad to note that encour

Re: Poll - What Smartphone do you use?

On 2011-05-23 3:04 PM, green wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote at 2011-05-23 08:28 -0500: >> Camaleón wrote: >>> And IMO, too useless/time consuming also. I want a phone not a game >>> console :-) >> >> A computer with hardware I can't access is a computer I don't want. > > Right. Someone gave me a

Scratchy sound when encoding mkv to DVD with mencoder

Hi, I've a problem trying to convert a mkv video into a DVD suitable for a home DVD player: I use stable/testing, with debian-multimedia repositories for mplayer and mencoder, and when I try to encode the mkv, I've a scratchy sound, and only the firsts minuts of the video encoded. Using mplayer

Re: Compiz and Workspaces

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Dan wrote: > Hi. > > I am using Squeeze and I have installed compiz doing: > aptitude install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager > compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-gtk > > I have not modified anything in xorg.conf because there is no > xorg.conf, an

Re: Convert .doc to Open editable format

On Monday, 30 May 2011 02:32:32 +0530, Mihira Fernando wrote: >> Currently I'm making the Final University Project and I've found that >> the templates provided by teachers for the reports are in Microsoft Word >> format. It is sad to note that encourages the use of a closed-format for >> somethin

Re: Samba usershares & permissions problem

I had that problem and I solved it following these instructions: - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=60620 On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 14:46, Rob Owens wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:34:28PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: >> I have a fairly simple requirement >> >> I am running Debian

Re: Convert .doc to Open editable format

On 05/30/2011 02:28 AM, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Hi all! Currently I'm making the Final University Project and I've found that the templates provided by teachers for the reports are in Microsoft Word format. It is sad to note that encourages the use of a closed-format for something that should mean

Convert .doc to Open editable format

Hi all! Currently I'm making the Final University Project and I've found that the templates provided by teachers for the reports are in Microsoft Word format. It is sad to note that encourages the use of a closed-format for something that should mean a contribution to humanity... When trying to

Re: multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 05:10:40PM -0500, Charles Blair wrote: > ** THE MESS * > >I recently tried to set up a multi-boot with windows 7 > and squeeze on a laptop. When started, grub displays > >/dev/sda1 Windows 7 >/dev/sda2 also Windows 7 >/dev/sda3 Windows 7 recover

my host pc can't connect to my virtual mathine using ftp

Ask, I'm a newbie for debian. Now i want to create a file server using vsftpd on my virtual machine which is created using vmware, and my virtual pc's ip is 192.168.0.103 using bridged network while my host machine's ip is 192.168.0.101. vsftpd's configuration file is OK, I checked in virtual mach

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

At 12:21 PM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: On 05/29/11 at 11:50am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 11:33 AM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: > >On 05/29/11 at 11:00am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > >> At 09:25 AM 5/28/2011, Rob Owens wrote: > >> >On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:45:09AM -0400, Ethan Rosenbe

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

On 05/29/2011 12:21 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 05/29/11 at 11:50am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: At 11:33 AM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: On 05/29/11 at 11:00am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: At 09:25 AM 5/28/2011, Rob Owens wrote: On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:45:09AM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:

Re: Chromium 11 on Debian 6.0.1 Stable

On Sun, 29 May 2011 10:26:25 -0400, Dan wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:41:05 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> >>> On Mi, 25 mai 11, 16:00:07, Camaleón wrote: And it's not me who thinks that way, but Mozilla who tagged it so. >>> >>> And why

Re: java plugin for iceweasel

2011-05-29 18:09, Hendrik Boom skrev: What's the Debian way to get Java to work from iceweasel? Here is what I would do: Try installing a plugin package like , and lookout for

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

On 05/29/11 at 11:50am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 11:33 AM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: > >On 05/29/11 at 11:00am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > >> At 09:25 AM 5/28/2011, Rob Owens wrote: > >> >On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:45:09AM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > >> >> Dear list - > >> >> > >> >> It

java plugin for iceweasel

What's the Debian way to get Java to work from iceweasel? -- hendrik -- 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/irtr4c$ejl$1...@dough.gmane.org

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

At 11:33 AM 5/29/2011, William Hopkins wrote: On 05/29/11 at 11:00am, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > At 09:25 AM 5/28/2011, Rob Owens wrote: > >On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:45:09AM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > >> Dear list - > >> > >> It went nowhere w/ the full iso of squeeze [see my previous post >

Re: Problems installing squeeze netinstall

At 09:25 AM 5/28/2011, Rob Owens wrote: On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:45:09AM -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear list - > > It went nowhere w/ the full iso of squeeze [see my previous post > "Difficulties installing squeeze"], so I moved on the netinst. The > CD runs perfectly until it gets to "S

Re: Chromium 11 on Debian 6.0.1 Stable

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2011 20:41:05 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> On Mi, 25 mai 11, 16:00:07, Camaleón wrote: >>> And it's not me who thinks that way, but Mozilla who tagged it so. >> >> And why should we care (as long as we still get security suppor

Compiz and Workspaces

Hi. I am using Squeeze and I have installed compiz doing: aptitude install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-gtk I have not modified anything in xorg.conf because there is no xorg.conf, and I also read that it is not necessary to modify anything.

Re: Samba usershares & permissions problem

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:34:28PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > I have a fairly simple requirement > > I am running Debian Unstable on my Desktop and I want to provide a > folder for my Windows 7 laptop to deposit some files. > > I thought that the simplest approach would be using samba on its >

RE: Fail to build using jhbuild due the lacks of gtk+-3.0 >= 3.0.8

Braiam, have you tried asking this same question on the Ubuntu mailing lists? This is the debian-user list (not that that should make that much of a difference, just a thought). From: Braiam Miguel Peguero Novo [mailto:brai...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:56 AM To: debian-user@li

Re: consolekit makes trouble

> Hello list, > > […] I saved my package list by dpkg --get-selections > package.txt, and > after the fresh installation, I could reinstall them again. I did this with > the command: apt-get install $(cut -f1 package.txt), which worked fine. Just as a side note: This procedure has the probably

Re: [OT] Replies from "we we" user (was: consolekit makes trouble)

> I thought this has been solved (it was) but yesterday I started to > receive those e-mails coming from someone named "we we". I've already > contacted to DebianHELP again... Same here, we we. I informed the listmaster, maybe this is an MITM or the mail server is running strange things. Good t

Re: does Debian labeled for AMD-64 run on Pentium cpu family 6?

El 2011-05-29 a las 01:07 -0300, tarcisio praciano-pereira escribió: (resending to the list) > > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge > > mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe *lm > > constant_tsc *arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds

[OT] Replies from "we we" user (was: consolekit makes trouble)

On Sun, 29 May 2011 12:33:46 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Andrej: Fancy, before my working sending, I got an e-mail from a strange > site with the exact subject title of my mail, which only contents 2 > pgp-keys. Sender was a russian site! I suppose, this was an attack, to > let me import some

Re: consolekit makes trouble

Am Sonntag, 29. Mai 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Sun, 29 May 2011 10:10:06 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > (...) > > (...) > > A quick googling returns this bug: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591618 > > So check the gid of the involved user (messagebus) as suggested in

Re: Max Upload File Size 1Gig

On Sat, 28 May 2011 15:12:43 -0400 mark wrote: Hello mark, > Agreed, but that does not address what the original poster asked for. That's true, of course, but I felt that the OP should be made aware that sending such large attachments over the internet, as opposed to their own LAN, is a gamble.

Re: Fail to build using jhbuild due the lacks of gtk+-3.0 >= 3.0.8

On Sun, 29 May 2011 04:55:43 -0400, Braiam Miguel Peguero Novo wrote: > Im not suscribed to the mail-list so, include me in the "to:" :) I can't, so you'll have to read the mailing list archive ;-( > I'm compiling gnome3-desktop, in my ubuntu desktop 11.04, (...) Wait... Compiling gnome3-des

Re: consolekit makes trouble

On Sun, 29 May 2011 10:10:06 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: (...) > But after that, I got a problem, and now working for hours to solve it: > > As I am using kdm (and kde), I get an error: > > kdm: :0[21175]: Cannot open ConsoleKit session: Unable to open session: > Failed to execute program /us

Fail to build using jhbuild due the lacks of gtk+-3.0 >= 3.0.8

Hi there, Im not suscribed to the mail-list so, include me in the "to:" :) I'm compiling gnome3-desktop, in my ubuntu desktop 11.04, I followed the jhbuild manual about building gnome3, I also have done the complete compilation, but have to drop it, due the fact that it was installed on my home d

consolekit makes trouble

Hello list, I am really despaired! Due to a defective RAM, my /usr was corrupted, and so I had to reinstall the system from scratch. I installed debian/testing completely new (except /home, which is on a separate partition). As I am courious, I saved my package list by dpkg --get-selections >

Re: multi-boot mess: have I destroyed Windows 7 ?

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Charles Blair wrote: > ** THE MESS * > > I recently tried to set up a multi-boot with windows 7 > and squeeze on a laptop. When started, grub displays > > /dev/sda1 Windows 7 > /dev/sda2 also Windows 7 > /dev/sda3 Windows 7 recovery > /dev/sd