Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Doug
On 01/06/2013 11:46 PM, vishnu vardhan wrote: This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.h

Re: Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other

2013-01-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Hendrik Boom wrote: > I have two RAID arrays on my Debian squeeze system. The old one, which > still works, and has worked for years, is on a pair of partitions on two > 750GB disks. THe new one is not recognized at boot. Does at boot time mean at initrd initramfs time? > boot is *not* on any

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 10:16:05AM +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. > > What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? > > hi Jörg-Volker, > the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : > http://www.toshiba-india.com/lapto

Re: understanding the role/relationship of the firmware and driver in case of Wi-Fi adapters

2013-01-06 Thread Sven Hartge
Martin T wrote: > 1) Are there Wi-Fi adapters which do not need firmware? I guess there > are if manufacturer does not use semi-general purpose hardware? I guess: not anymore. The last ones I saw without firmware were in the 11MBit era of wifi. All the new ons with 54Mbit and up are actually so

Re: Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other

2013-01-06 Thread Sven Hartge
Hendrik Boom wrote: > But it is not recognized at boot. The dmesg output tells me all about > finding the old RAID, but it doesn't even notice the new one, not even to > complain about it. > It seems the significant differences bwtween the two RAIDS are: > One is new, and the other os old. >

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
> This indicates that the RAM capacity of your laptop is already utilized. > What lets you think it can use 8 gb of RAM? hi Jörg-Volker, the toshiba website link clearly states 8 gb ram : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html. now i am confused a lot. from the word

Re: Combining Icedove data

2013-01-06 Thread David Christensen
On 01/06/13 18:19, Gary Roach wrote: I didn't try copy and paste because there must be a ton of files, sub directories and the sub-sub directories Yes. none of them easily readable. You don't need to read them; Icedove does. To accurately cut an paste would be a nightmare. Not if you

Re: Running jackd.

2013-01-06 Thread Doug
On 01/06/2013 09:49 PM, Rob Owens wrote: Sthu, This bug report doesn't directly apply to your issue, but it does contain some useful troubleshooting steps. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646248 I thought it was particularly interesting that an HDMI-capable video card could be

Re: understanding the role/relationship of the firmware and driver in case of Wi-Fi adapters

2013-01-06 Thread Martin T
Bob, thank you for this exhaustive reply! 1) Are there Wi-Fi adapters which do not need firmware? I guess there are if manufacturer does not use semi-general purpose hardware? 2) Is the RAM built into the Wi-Fi card chipset? If I inspect my Ralink W-Fi card, which loads the 4096 byte /lib/firmwa

Re: Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other

2013-01-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:35:21 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I have two RAID arrays on my Debian squeeze system. The old one, which > still works, and has worked for years, is on a pair of partitions on two > 750GB disks. THe new one is not recognized at boot. > > boot is *not* on any of these RAI

Re: Running jackd.

2013-01-06 Thread Rob Owens
Sthu, This bug report doesn't directly apply to your issue, but it does contain some useful troubleshooting steps. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=646248 I thought it was particularly interesting that an HDMI-capable video card could be detected as an audio device and possibly "

Re: Running jackd.

2013-01-06 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:19:31PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > I have put Your config. files as You described. > > Did modify QjackCtl.conf removing line w/ > > /home/band/headphone_monitor.xml > > :o) > You may also want to start qjackctl with its default settings and see how that goes. Delete

Squeeze assembles one RAID array, at boot but not the other

2013-01-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
I have two RAID arrays on my Debian squeeze system. The old one, which still works, and has worked for years, is on a pair of partitions on two 750GB disks. THe new one is not recognized at boot. boot is *not* on any of these RAIDs; my system boots properly. The new one, whih I build today,

Re: Combining Icedove data

2013-01-06 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/06/2013 05:03 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 01/06/13 13:57, Gary Roach wrote: Unfortunately, I have two of the .default directories that need to be combined into one. Have you tried the file system copy and paste method I outlined? Did it work? If it didn't work or doesn't meet your

LDAP on a laptop

2013-01-06 Thread Rob Owens
I've got a laptop that connects to an LDAP server for authentication. It's currently running Ubuntu 10.04 and I'll be moving it to Wheezy once its released. I'm currently testing it out on a spare hard drive. Ubuntu is configured to cache the LDAP credentials so it can be used off the network. I

Re: Combining Icedove data

2013-01-06 Thread David Christensen
On 01/06/13 13:57, Gary Roach wrote: Unfortunately, I have two of the .default directories that need to be combined into one. Have you tried the file system copy and paste method I outlined? Did it work? If it didn't work or doesn't meet your needs, please clarify. David -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Combining Icedove data

2013-01-06 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/05/2013 03:45 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 01/05/13 13:27, Gary Roach wrote: I am trying to combine the information from my laptop version of Icedove into the icedove copy on my home PC. Inside Icedove, I keep my e-mail messages in local folders named after my username and year (for

tool to show menu, DE agnostics

2013-01-06 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. I am used to dmenu and my tiling window manager (i3), but I would like to know if there is a tool which is able to use .desktop files commonly used by x11 softwares to appear in menus? dmenu is ok for tools you use often, but certain softwares are easy to forget (like small games :) )

RE: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-06 Thread Mark Allums
> From: Sthu Deus [mailto:sthu.d...@gmail.com] > Good time of the day, Markos. > You wrote: > > I made several attempts to download the CD1 and CD2 > > debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-1.iso and debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso but in all 4 > > attempts the file presented problems in md5sum check. > > > > I used Ex:

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Chris Davies
Richard Owlett wrote: > Chris Davies wrote: >> ar -p "$PACKAGE" data.tar.gz | tar xzvCf / - ./usr/share/man > I'll have to sit down with man pages a figure out why that > does what you say. ar : archiver. It works on the "$PACKAGE" archive. The -p flag writes the named member(s) of the arc

RE: Wheezy Installer Auto-Partition Oddity

2013-01-06 Thread Mark Allums
>From: Patrick Bartek [mailto:bartek...@yahoo.com] >> From: Tom H >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> From: Roger Leigh LVM does not use unpartitioned space for anything TTBOMK. It uses physical volumes (PVs) which are block devices (either partitions or >

Re: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
Markos wrote: > >I made several attempts to download the CD1 and CD2 >debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-1.iso and debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso but in all 4 >attempts the file presented problems in md5sum check. > >I used Ex: >wget -nc >ftp://debian.las.ic.unicamp.br/debian-cd/6.0.6/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.6-i386

Re: How to make snd-aloop use index 0?

2013-01-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 ian 13, 20:06:23, Robert Latest wrote: > > root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# uname -a > Linux dotcom 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 i686 GNU/Linux > root@dotcom:/etc/modprobe.d# aplay -l > List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices > card 0: ICH7 [Intel ICH7], device 0: Intel ICH [In

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 06 ian 13, 06:29:22, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > >'ar -x' will get data.tar.gz from the .deb file. 'tar zvxf data.tar.gz' > >will do the unpacking. The man pages are in /usr/share/man. Something > >like 'cp' should be able to get at them. > > I think that points me in the dir

Re: kernel not found

2013-01-06 Thread Claudius Hubig
Dear darkestkhan, darkestkhan wrote: > The i386 arch name is quite misleading, because to best of my knowledge > everything is compiled for (at least) i486, and if I'm correct your CPU is > actually i386. I’d be rather surprised if the K6 was an 386 CPU, given that the Am5x86 (two generations bef

Re: kernel not found

2013-01-06 Thread darkestkhan
On Jan 5, 2013 4:39 PM, "gabry" @ tiscali.it > wrote: > > Hi, I am going to install debian on amd k6 166 mhz. I've downloaded the > net version i386, but the system installation break and tell that no > kernel is not available . > > Why? The i386 arch name is quite misleading, because to best of m

Re: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-06 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Markos. You wrote: > I made several attempts to download the CD1 and CD2 > debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-1.iso and debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso but in all 4 > attempts the file presented problems in md5sum check. > > I used Ex: > wget -nc > ftp://debian.las.ic.unicamp.br/debian-cd/6

How to make snd-aloop use index 0?

2013-01-06 Thread Robert Latest
Hello all, I know what you're thinking. Why doesn't the guy just type the subject of this message into Google and use one of the soöutions provided. Well, I did just that. I don't even really have to choose between solutions because everybody suggests the same: Include the following lines in the

Re: ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-06 Thread Dick William Thomas
On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 12:54 -0200, Markos wrote: > Dear, > > I made several attempts to download the CD1 and CD2 > debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-1.iso and debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso but in all 4 > attempts the file presented problems in md5sum check. > > I used Ex: > wget -nc > ftp://debian.las.ic.unic

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Hi. vishnu vardhan wrote, on 01/05/13 13:28: > facts: > i have recently purchased a laptop. it is shipped with 2gb ram. the > maximum ram is 8gb. > Handle 0x000D, DMI type 16, 23 bytes > Physical Memory Array > Location: System Board Or Motherboard > Use: System Memory > Error Corre

ISO downloads are corrupted

2013-01-06 Thread Markos
Dear, I made several attempts to download the CD1 and CD2 debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-1.iso and debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso but in all 4 attempts the file presented problems in md5sum check. I used Ex: wget -nc ftp://debian.las.ic.unicamp.br/debian-cd/6.0.6/i386/iso-cd/debian-6.0.6-i386-CD-2.iso Is th

Re: fail2ban problem

2013-01-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/6/2013 5:23 AM, Chris Davies wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: I decided to try a fail2ban rule, but I can't get it to work. failregex = .*"GET|POST|HEAD /.*phpMy.* HTTPS?/.*" 404 [0-9]{1,6} This should match something like: 10.0.0.1 - - [31/Dec/2012:11:40:02 -0500] "GET /phpBB2/ HTTP/1.1"

Re: Running jackd.

2013-01-06 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day, Rob. Thank You, Rob, very much for Your time and answer! You wrote: > > I'm trying diver sound editors, preferably the ones that work w/ > > MIDI files. I hove now hardware sequencer so I use a software one - > > timidity. > > > > Many editors including Ardour2, Muse, Rose

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread vishnu vardhan
| Memory Device | Speed: 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) i have come across this page on toshiba website & it's quite strange : http://www.toshiba-india.com/laptop/satellite-c850-amd-viewmodel.html toshiba india website shows : Memory Slot : 2GB (1 x 2GB) DDR3 1333 MHz. so, is the dmidecode info is correct ?

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Chris Davies wrote: Brian wrote: 'ar -x' will get data.tar.gz from the .deb file. 'tar zvxf data.tar.gz' will do the unpacking. The man pages are in /usr/share/man. Something like 'cp' should be able to get at them. For any given $PACKAGE deb this will extract the manpages into /usr/share/man

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Sat 05 Jan 2013 at 11:19:31 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: When I've wanted to look at a man page for an uninstalled package I've used http://manpages.debian.net . It would more convenient to have *ALL* pages available locally. Save the pages you download. These are the ones you

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Tom Grace wrote: On 5 Jan 2013, at 17:19, Richard Owlett wrote: When I've wanted to look at a man page for an uninstalled package I've used http://manpages.debian.net . It would more convenient to have *ALL* pages available locally. Are they available to download as a set somewhere on the we

Re: fail2ban problem

2013-01-06 Thread Chris Davies
Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I decided to try a fail2ban rule, but I can't get it to work. > failregex = .*"GET|POST|HEAD /.*phpMy.* HTTPS?/.*" 404 [0-9]{1,6} > This should match something like: > 10.0.0.1 - - [31/Dec/2012:11:40:02 -0500] "GET /phpBB2/ HTTP/1.1" 404 3308 > However, it also seems to

Re: ivtv driver in Wheezy 3.2.0-4-amd64

2013-01-06 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:09:11 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-01-05 19:10 +0100, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> When I try to load it I get >> >> # modprobe ivtv libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:174 >> kmod_module_parse_depline: >> ctx=0x7fc95a92e010 >> path=/lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kern

start-stop-daemon : questions about retry

2013-01-06 Thread - -
Hello, I am trying to write an init script for cherokee webserver. Not, there is already one, but I wanted to have one derived from skeleton. In function "do_stop()" the script executes this line: "start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME" But n

Re: how to buy an ideal laptop RAM module?

2013-01-06 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 05/01/13 22:26, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 05 January 2013 19:42:39 Doug wrote: >> Either Kingston or Crucial, I believe, can figure out what kind of ram >> you need >> by looking at your computer, but you probably have to access their website >> from a Windows OS. (I did this quite a whil

Re: Local copy of ALL man pages

2013-01-06 Thread Richard Hector
On 06/01/13 06:19, Richard Owlett wrote: When I've wanted to look at a man page for an uninstalled package I've used http://manpages.debian.net . It would more convenient to have *ALL* pages available locally. Are they available to download as a set somewhere on the web? [I use squeeze.] I have

Re: Backup all GPG secret keys

2013-01-06 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, On 05.01.2013 03:31, Tim D wrote: > > How do I backup all GPG keys? By all I mean the master keys and > subkeys. Just by backing up the .gnupg directory? I am looking to > reinstall Debian so need to restore the keys when done. You can do it