Re: Testing upgrade breaks printing, mutt and xserver

Art Edwards wrote: I just upgraded a testing machine and broke many items, including: CUPSYSgs grinds endlessly on a test page for my HP5550 printer. I'm using hpijs and hplip muttI receive send errors xserver.org This broke my graphics. I ended up

problem setting up LVM with new debian installer (Sarge)

Hi Moments ago I finished installing Sarge on my new machine. Almost everything went fine but apparantey I have made some mistakes. I opted to manually partition my disk and have created 3 primary partions: /boot, / and a third partition I set up for LVM. I then used the LVM tool to create

changing the mountpoint for CD-ROM|RW

ere apps that look for /media/cdrom(0|1) that would break after these changes? TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # debian testingkernel 2.6.8-1-686 i686 512MB RAM # # 17:22:29 up 15 days, 17:47, 13 users, load ave

Re: gnome-terminal --command

use the window manager to destroy/kill the window, or if you use the menu entries that send a signal, e.g., HUP or KILL. Perhaps gnome-terminal has a similar option? HTH Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) ke

Re: Logging out the window manager

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 19:50, David Dorward wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:28:34 +0100, Bram Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I am not mistaken ~/.bash_logout is executed when you log out of a > > shell. > > Technically, it is when you exit a shell that is a

Re: Logging out the window manager

xec fluxbox echo "fluxbox terminated" > ~/.fluxbox.log -- EOF --- HTH Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 7:22pm up 14 days 10:05, 10 users, load av

Re: Installer for Woody hangs

my hard disk to hde and not hda? And is there > anything I can do about it? Apparantly your BIOS has a way to fool that other OS into believing your hard is connected to the 'usual' device. As you didn't specify whether or not you enabled the mapping the installer mentioned I cannot

about loading / blacklisting / ... modules

Hi "With a little help from" this list I am now able to view the boot-messages on my laptop. After reading through this I realise I still have much too learn and that there might be some problems with my current config. Could you please take a look at these warnings/errors and let me know if and

Re: where are debian boot-messages logged?

On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 11:53, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Bram Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On my desktop (running SuSE 8.2) the messages printed to tty1 when the > >machine is booting are stored in /var/log/boot.msg. On

Re: automated script with login into x

or the script to finish or the script will be run AFTER your x-session. Usefull HOWTO's are the XWindow System Architecture Overview HOWTO and the XWindow-User HOWTO. HTH Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586)

Re: HELP!!!, can't login even as root

p [2] Manual on PHP security: http://de2.php.net/manual/de/security.index.php [3] Marc Heuse, "Installing a Secure Web Server": http://www.suse.de/de/private/support/online_help/howto/secure_webserv/ [4] Criticism of PHP safe_mode: http://ilia.ws/archives/18_PHPs_safe_mode_or_how_not_to_imp

where are debian boot-messages logged?

random. The machine appears to work fine though. TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 11:09am up 8 days 1:52, 11 users, load average: 0.73, 0.70, 0.40 # -- To UN

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

f all these figures? How I should interpret them, in what mode I should be running glxgears, etc. TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 6:52pm up 2 days 9:35,

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

sn't seam like an awful lot to me... (My video-card is a GeForce FX Go 5300) Thanks for all the help! Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 2:59pm up 2 days

Re: installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

ernel-headers-2.6.6-1-386 TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 1:52pm up 2 days 4:35, 8 users, load average: 0.04, 0.11, 0.09 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

installing nvidia drivers - kernel-headers problem

quot;Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz" does this mean I should opt for the package 'kernel-headers-2.6-686' in stead? Or does this mean I should also get the 686-kernel first? TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 #

starting gnome-settings-daemon WAS: Alt Gr + key doesn't generate "extra" symbols any more

ject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `GstOssMixerTrack' to `GstElement' Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". [repeated several times] I assume the last one is caused by xscreensaver because I also get it when I launch xscreensaver-demo to kill the xscreensave

Re: Alt Gr + key doesn't generate "extra" symbols any more

have tested a little bit but it didn't seem to affect much. Do I need to restart Gnome or X after changing anything there? Where can I find more extensive documentation on this? the help browser's information is quite limited. TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL

Alt Gr + key doesn't generate "extra" symbols any more

t;XkbLayout" "be" Option "XkbOptions""altwin:meta_win" EndSection I tried to change pc104 to pc105 but that didn't help. This is on my laptop running debian testing. Can someone point me to the right configuration options/files? TIA

Re: Multiple CD ISO's into single DVD ISO?

ober issue (issue 47) which contains Knoppix, Gnoppix, Kanotix, ZoneCD, ... I tested the DVD last night on my laptop and it worked fine: you get a nice boot loader that allows you to select which Live-distro you'd like to boot. HTH Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

SOLVED: How to configure /etc/network/interfaces WAS: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

use tools like ssh, but I'm very happy to be this far! Now I'm going to bring my lan down and reconfigure my desktop so I can transmit this message... Well everything seems to be working, I still have a few questions though, but I'll do some more reading/testing before I start a new th

Re: Re: sound/CD player question

ct the next time that user logs in. HTH Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 8:08pm up 15 days 9:58, 6 users, load average: 0.24, 0.21, 0.19 # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: GUI Database?

;) On my system (debian/testing) installing PHPMYAdmin was as simple as apt-get install PHPMYAdmin... The only problem I experience with it is that opera won't remember to accept cookies from "localhost" so I have to enable cookies everytime before logging in. HTH Bram -- # Mertens

Re: How to configure /etc/network/interfaces WAS: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 18:36, John Floren wrote: [...] > > Could I use something like this? > > --- /etc/network/interfaces --- > > auto lo eth0 > > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > iface lan inet static > > address 192.168.0.123 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > > iface wan

How to configure /etc/network/interfaces WAS: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

her 'pon' needs the 'iface eth0 inet dhcp' line that is in /etc/network/interfaces on my system at the moment. TIA for any feedback, suggestions, tips... Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kerne

Re: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 22:37, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:06:27 +0200, Bram Merte > > I have a cross-over ethernet-cable and I would like to be able to > > configure both computers so I can switch between the current setup and > > the necessary configuration to transfer files across

Re: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 22:08, John Floren wrote: > Bram Mertens wrote: [...] > Here is what I would do if I had two computer connected by crossover and > a ppp connection to the internet: > /etc/network/interfaces: > auto lo eth0 > > iface lo inet loopback >

Re: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 15:25, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: [...] > > But how can I save my current settings so I can quickly restore them? > > /etc/network/interfaces is your solution. Thanks But can you break it down for me please? At the moment I have several files in /etc/networks (I have been

Re: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 17:54, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > Bram Mertens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't I need a second ethernet card in my desktop when I buy a switch in > > stead of a router? When I'm going to buy new hardware I would like to > > be a

Re: how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 12:51, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 17:06, Bram Mertens wrote: > > > I have a cross-over ethernet-cable and I would like to be able to > > configure both computers so I can switch between the current setup and > > the ne

how to connect two PC's with a cross-over ethernet cable?

myself clear, if there are any details I left out I'm happy to provide further info. TIA Bram -- # Mertens Bram "M8ram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux User #349737 # # SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) kernel 2.4.20-4GB i686 512MB RAM # # 10:54am up 14 days 0:44, 10 users

bringing ppp connection up as regular user

Hi After lurking a while on this list and reading the excellent documentation that comes with the debian testing install I have been able to solve almost all problems I encountered after switching from SuSE (which I still run on my dekstop) to Debian on my laptop. However there is one thing I can