[solved] Re: Audio from browsers correctly routed (2 audio cards, same box)

2011-01-14 Thread Bruno Buys
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Bruno Buys wrote: > Hi all, > I just configured a multiseat computer ( > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Multiseat_configuration) > using my squeeze machine and help from the pt-debian-users list. Very nice, > now I can share

Audio from browsers correctly routed (2 audio cards, same box)

2011-01-11 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi all, I just configured a multiseat computer ( https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Multiseat_configuration) using my squeeze machine and help from the pt-debian-users list. Very nice, now I can share it with my wife. Everything is working ok, except for one detail: I have no idea how t

Slow video on debian sid

2008-04-17 Thread Bruno Buys
I don't know exactly when this started, but my debian notebook is slow on changing screens and programs. I alt+tab to switch programs and the screen takes a while to rebuild. I mean, its not like its obviously broken or buggy, but its enough to annoy. I use kde, and noticed non-kde programs do this

Re: Re: Re: help installing to this machine?

2008-01-24 Thread Bruno Buys
> > *** > I don't know if your problem is similar to mine. Are you installing from a > IDE CD drive? > *** > > The drive is sata.

Re: Re: Re: help installing to this machine?

2008-01-24 Thread Bruno Buys
*** My motherboard isn't the exactly same (it was a Intel P5KSE) but it has very similar characteristics (lots of sata ports, same IDE channels) except a different chipset. My problem was with a marvell chip that handles the IDE channels that hasn't a ahci mode. *** So, ahci is indeed the way to g

Re: Re: help installing to this machine?

2008-01-23 Thread Bruno Buys
Thanks, Joseph, Was that the same hardware? My problem seem to be related to the motherboard. Other people reported good results with the cpu.

help installing to this machine?

2008-01-21 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi all, I am helping my friend install debian in this machine: CPU Intel Q6600 - CORE2 QUAD Q6600 1066 Mhz 2.4 Ghz - Mobo Intel DQ35MPE Sound / VGA / SATA / GBLAN - CPU Intel Q6600 in a box - 4.0 Gb mem DDR2 800 Mhz (4 x 1 Gb) - Video GF 8600GT 512 Mb PCI-E, XFX, 128 bits - HD 500 Gb SATA II, 8

Program to display icc color profiles as 3D plots?

2008-01-17 Thread Bruno Buys
Can someone here recommend a linux program similiar to the IccToolBox in the mac´s (or Chromix´s ColorThink), that will plot icc profiles in a 3D graph? This is to compare how they fit in the L.a.b. space. Thanks all! Bruno PS - I am not subscribed to this list.

How to get Acer 5570z´s modem working?

2007-10-18 Thread Bruno Buys
Did someone manage to get the modem that comes with the notebook Acer 5570z working? It doesn´t show up in lspci or lsusb. System is debian sid, kernel 2.6.22 for i686. The rest of the hw is working ok (including wifi and webcam). Thanks! PS - I´m not in the list.

cmdline tool to search through pdf files?

2007-06-21 Thread Bruno Buys
I'd like to be able to search keywords in pdf files using cmd line tools. My intention is to write shell scripts to automate heavy duty keyword searching. Anyone has experience with that? very thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Setting permissions to new files?

2007-06-17 Thread Bruno Buys
Bruno Buys wrote: Where do I change the permissions that are set when I create a new file? I mean, I'd like to be able to change the default permissions that my system atributes to new files. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > newfile [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l newfile -rw-r--r-- 1 bruno bruno 0

Setting permissions to new files?

2007-06-17 Thread Bruno Buys
Where do I change the permissions that are set when I create a new file? I mean, I'd like to be able to change the default permissions that my system atributes to new files. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > newfile [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l newfile -rw-r--r-- 1 bruno bruno 0 2007-06-17 18:06 newfile

epson stylus c79 with debian?

2007-05-28 Thread Bruno Buys
So, I am researching before buying. Is this epson stylus c79 a good match for debian? Running in a standard config, x86, no exotic hardware/kernel/anything. Anyone with experience? Thanks much, Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

xmms segfaults

2007-05-15 Thread Bruno Buys
Xmms segfaults with no apparent reason. I apt-get --purge removed it, then reinstalled, but the error remains. Is someone having these same problems? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xmms Segmentation fault You've probably found a bug in XMMS, please visit http://bugs.xmms.org and fill out a bug report.

Re: OT: Can't we just drop all the OT stuff...

2007-05-09 Thread Bruno Buys
steve reilly wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 09 May 2007 13:25, Joe Hart wrote: Greg Folkert wrote: Come on, we all come here for "TOPICAL" discussions and bare metal Debian stuff. I mean, I might just have to unsubscribe and find another venue to fin

Re: OT: Can't we just drop all the OT stuff...

2007-05-09 Thread Bruno Buys
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 12:58:06PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: Come on, we all come here for "TOPICAL" discussions and bare metal Debian stuff. Cautions: Debian-user is intended for topical application only. Not to be taken internally. If accidently ingested

Re: OT: DVD formats

2007-04-27 Thread Bruno Buys
Curt Howland wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just a quick question. I finally got a dual-layer DVD writer, and made up a huge collection of home movies to play on the DVD player. I burned a DVD-R DL disk as a video DVD, and it worked _perfectly_ in the commodity DVD playe

Re: where is libptp2?

2007-04-16 Thread Bruno Buys
Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 00:24 -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: Anyone here use the libptp2 package? It talks to usb ptp devices. I am quite sure I used it under sarge x86. But running etch amd64 now, and I can't find it anywhere. Neither apt-cache search, google, apt-get.o

where is libptp2?

2007-04-15 Thread Bruno Buys
Anyone here use the libptp2 package? It talks to usb ptp devices. I am quite sure I used it under sarge x86. But running etch amd64 now, and I can't find it anywhere. Neither apt-cache search, google, apt-get.org or packages.debian.org (and I looked under oldstable also). The sf page for libptp se

Re: [OT] How much open is OpenSolaris?

2007-03-30 Thread Bruno Buys
Joerg Schilling wrote: From time to time I grab a diferent OS to install and try my hands at it. This time was OpenSolaris. The thing is, at some point in the install, OpenSolaris throws a license at my face that doesn't seem open at all. I can run the software, but I can't redistribute, copy,

[OT] How much open is OpenSolaris?

2007-03-30 Thread Bruno Buys
From time to time I grab a diferent OS to install and try my hands at it. This time was OpenSolaris. The thing is, at some point in the install, OpenSolaris throws a license at my face that doesn't seem open at all. I can run the software, but I can't redistribute, copy, etc. I am no law expert

Re: ether-wake won't work anymore.

2007-03-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Andy Hawkins wrote: Hi, In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruno Buys<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I´ve relied on etherwake to up remote machines, and it worked ok for quite some time. But recently I noticed it kind of stopped working. Since today I bumped two more ma

ether-wake won't work anymore.

2007-03-18 Thread Bruno Buys
I´ve relied on etherwake to up remote machines, and it worked ok for quite some time. But recently I noticed it kind of stopped working. Since today I bumped two more machines which don't etherwake, I decided to see if anybody here knows something about it. Is there any change of version, or pr

Re: vmware complains about header file location (Debian Etch)

2007-03-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Greg Folkert wrote: On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 23:21 +, Adrian Midgley wrote: "The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18-3-686). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel

Re: sendemail with gmail?

2007-03-09 Thread Bruno Buys
Juergen Fiedler wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 02:59:33PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: [...] Hi Juergen, thanks for replying. I tried your line, and here's the output: Mar 09 14:58:26 cestudos sendEmail[3111]: WARNING => Name/Value pair [tls=yes] will be ignored: unknown

Re: sendemail with gmail?

2007-03-09 Thread Bruno Buys
On 3/9/07, Juergen Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 12:21:00PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: >Anyone succeeded using sendemail (its not sendmail) with gmail? I >installed the tls related packages, enabled -tls=yes in the command line, >but no go

sendemail with gmail?

2007-03-09 Thread Bruno Buys
work. Any help is appreciated! bruno buys

Re: New box

2007-02-20 Thread Bruno Buys
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this is OT, but I am running Debian Etch - I picked up a new computer last light - 2.4 ghz with a dual core processorput my hd from my old machine in it...and WOW! I thought Etch was fast before on my 450mhz P3. This however is just the lead in to a questi

OT: kbabel error?

2007-02-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi! Kbabel won't show me the msgid and msgstr boxes so I can translate. This is odd. It does show comments and other empty boxes, and I tried them all, but no one seems to have the msg's boxes to work with. Screen capture is here: http://gigante.homelinux.org/kbabel.png This is etch for amd64.

program to build .debs from compiled source code?

2007-02-11 Thread Bruno Buys
I'm looking for checkinstall (was using it under sarge) at etch for amd64, but it seems to be absent. Which program can I use to build debs from compiled programs? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 32bit programs on amd64?

2007-02-11 Thread Bruno Buys
Stefan Monnier wrote: I am trying to figure out the easiest way to install a firefox version that would work with java and flash inside my amd64 etch. Actually flash isn't that important, but java is. Why can't you use a native 64bit Java? From sun's website at http://java.sun.com/javase/

Re: 32bit programs on amd64?

2007-02-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Stefan Monnier wrote: I am trying to figure out the easiest way to install a firefox version that would work with java and flash inside my amd64 etch. Actually flash isn't that important, but java is. Why can't you use a native 64bit Java? Stefan thanks all for the replies.

32bit programs on amd64?

2007-02-10 Thread Bruno Buys
I am trying to figure out the easiest way to install a firefox version that would work with java and flash inside my amd64 etch. Actually flash isn't that important, but java is. The document at (1) tells me that the package ia32-libs, which I already have, provides a minimal support to run 32b

Re: VIA VT8237A Southbridge Advice

2007-02-09 Thread Bruno Buys
Grok Mogger wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: Grok Mogger wrote: Hey everyone, I'm looking into building a new machine. As for the motherboard, I'm interested in an ASUS 'A8V-VM SE'. Unfortunately, in Googling I've seen people complain about problems with the board

Re: VIA VT8237A Southbridge Advice

2007-02-09 Thread Bruno Buys
Grok Mogger wrote: Hey everyone, I'm looking into building a new machine. As for the motherboard, I'm interested in an ASUS 'A8V-VM SE'. Unfortunately, in Googling I've seen people complain about problems with the board's southbridge. It's a 'VIA VT8237A'. I went to kernel.org and started

Re: Sound on Sarge r4 - Realtek ALC888 chip

2007-02-06 Thread Bruno Buys
john gennard wrote: I've just made a new install of Sarge's latest release and its updates. I'm very weak with sound. The M/Board has onboard sound (a Realtek ALC888 chip) and I was hoping to use Alsa for the first time. There's virtually nothing on the 'net about this chip and literally nothing

Re: First impressions of Etch and trying to get vmware server to run (amd64)

2007-02-06 Thread Bruno Buys
Paul Walsh wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: Paul Walsh wrote: I did a amd64 etch install two days ago. There was an issue with vmware, but different from yours. Mine installed ok, but when running vmware-config.pl it complained about linux headers, which i did have ok. Look at a thread called

Re: First impressions of Etch and trying to get vmware server to run (amd64)

2007-02-06 Thread Bruno Buys
Paul Walsh wrote: Background: The PC I use at work (Intel D945GCZL motherboard, Intel BTX P4, SATA2 HDD) has, until yesterday, been running SUSE 10.1 or openSUSE 10.2 (depending what mood I'm in). I'd successfully installed vmware server 1.0.1 on each version so that I could run a windoze XP

Re: VMWare on current kernels

2007-02-05 Thread Bruno Buys
Greg Folkert wrote: On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 20:38 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 the mental interface of Jan Schledermann told: [...] A significant difference between the pre-compiled 2.6.18-1-686 kernel and the source code, is that the source code by default create

Re: VMWare on current kernels (was: debian rocks!)

2007-02-05 Thread Bruno Buys
Margarita Manterola wrote: Hi! On 2/5/07, Shobhit Jindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/5/07, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only > catch ins't debian related: vmware seems to not like my > /usr/src/include/linux, and asks for a new linux/version.h. i

debian rocks!

2007-02-05 Thread Bruno Buys
Just count one more happy debian user! Reinstalled yesterday, to switch from x86 sarge to amd64 etch. Everything went flawlessly. Downloaded last netinst, booted it, hardware detected smoothly. The machine has two sound cards, both worked as before. I chose manual disk editing, reformatted both

Re: spcaview

2007-02-03 Thread Bruno Buys
Bayrouni wrote: >Hello all, > >Is there any spcaview package for debian. >I made some searchs but nothing. (aptitude, google) > >Thank you. > > > > I was doing a spca install these days, and I couldn't find one either. There are unofficial packages, but they are quite old. In the case of spca, I

Re: dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network?

2007-01-13 Thread Bruno Buys
Liam O'Toole wrote: >On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:28:55 -0200 >Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I am missing the dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network >>interfaces. I am moving from dhcp to static ip address, and I need >>that

Re: Second sound card is too much hassle?

2007-01-13 Thread Bruno Buys
Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote: >Bruno Buys writes: > > > >>I have the need for a second mic in on my computer, and I was wondering >>if I plugging in a spare emu10k1 card was a good idea. The computer has >>onboard sound realtek alc658 (so says alsamixer), working

Re: dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network?

2007-01-13 Thread Bruno Buys
Liam O'Toole wrote: >On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:28:55 -0200 >Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I am missing the dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network >>interfaces. I am moving from dhcp to static ip address, and I need >>that

dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network?

2007-01-13 Thread Bruno Buys
I am missing the dpkg-reconfigure command to reconfigure the network interfaces. I am moving from dhcp to static ip address, and I need that dpkg dialog. Can someone here recall that? The machine is sarge. thanks much! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Second sound card is too much hassle?

2007-01-12 Thread Bruno Buys
Hi, I have the need for a second mic in on my computer, and I was wondering if I plugging in a spare emu10k1 card was a good idea. The computer has onboard sound realtek alc658 (so says alsamixer), working ok. With two cards, how does sound related apps behave? I never did this before... Thanks! T

Re: Win key to K menu??

2007-01-12 Thread Bruno Buys
Kyle Hamar wrote: > On 1/10/07, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I was used to open the k menu just by hitting the win key, in kde 3.2.2. >> Now, after upgrading to kde 3.5.0 from sarge-backports, it won't let me. >> When I go to control center and tr

Win key to K menu??

2007-01-10 Thread Bruno Buys
I was used to open the k menu just by hitting the win key, in kde 3.2.2. Now, after upgrading to kde 3.5.0 from sarge-backports, it won't let me. When I go to control center and try to enable it, control center only accepts the win key together with some other, otherwise no deal. Someone knows? Tha

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruno Buys
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 07:35:12PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> >>>On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:53:23AM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Andrew Sackv

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Bruno Buys
>>What I already did was: >>- Test the webcam in a virtual win in the same machine: test ok. >> >> >> > >what do you mean by this? > I mean, I tested the camera in a vmware windows install, in the same computer. >why don't you try one of the other tools to view it before you start >heading

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-07 Thread Bruno Buys
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:53:23AM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:47:43PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: >>> >>> >>> >[.

Re: setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-06 Thread Bruno Buys
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 10:47:43PM -0200, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>I'm trying to set up a 'Z-Star Microeletronics Corp.' webcam in this >>sarge machine (name provided by lsusb, together with '0ac8:305b'. The >>driv

setting a spca5xx webcam under sarge?

2007-01-06 Thread Bruno Buys
I'm trying to set up a 'Z-Star Microeletronics Corp.' webcam in this sarge machine (name provided by lsusb, together with '0ac8:305b'. The driver's website http://mxhaard.free.fr claims this is a supported camera). After some googling, I downloaded the spca5xx driver and compiled it with module-ass

Re: how to copy and/or rip DVDs with Debian?

2007-01-01 Thread Bruno Buys
vineyard saker wrote: > Hi everybody, > > First happy new year to all! > > Second - please bear with me, I am a DVD-issue newbie & ignoramous, > but I need some help. > > I am DESPERATELY trying to copy encrypted commercial DVDs but nothing > works. Programs such as k9copy or k3b get cold feet wi

Re: Where to go to learn about reducing electricity use?

2007-01-01 Thread Bruno Buys
Reid Priedhorsky wrote: >On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:40:11 +0100, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > >>On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:06:02PM -0600, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: >> >> >>>I would like to make my Etch box use less power, but I'm having a hard >>>time consolidating all the information I'm finding. Is

Re: Poweroff problem

2006-12-21 Thread Bruno Buys
Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > Hello, > > When running 'poweroff' my system does not power off. The last line > printed on the screen is "acpi_power_off called". My grub/menu.lst file > has no kernel options related to acpi or apm. After having searched the > net, I have also tried the follow

Where kde stores config files?

2006-12-08 Thread Bruno Buys
This is etch with kde 3.5.5. I'd like to find the config files responsible for the right-click context menu in konqueror that display the 'eject' function to open my dvd tray. In sarge it used to be like ~/.kde/share/apps/something-like-servicemenu... Anyone knows? thanks!

Nikon's usb mass storage fixed in etch, very nice!

2006-11-30 Thread Bruno Buys
I don't know if this is relevant to anybody else besides me, but nikons d70s works as a usb mass storage device under etch! Mass storage was broken on sarge, needed ptp stuff. It makes me rememeber that other thread, 'debian love'... I'm very glad! cheers all! Bruno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

kmail segfaults badly

2006-11-29 Thread Bruno Buys
Kmail segfaults badly, here. Last lines from strace are below. Is there something I can do, besides removing/renaming any reference to kmail inside ~/.kde or ~/kmail, which I already did? The only uncommon thing around kde here is that I ugraded to the backported version, which rendered my control

slow usb under etch

2006-11-17 Thread Bruno Buys
My pendrive transfers files at ~1MB/s under my home sarge system, but only ~100KB/s under my work etch. Its usb 1.1, but 100KB/s is slow even for 1.1. How do I get 1MB/s under etch? thanks! etch kernel is 2.6.16-2-k7 driving a athlon xp 2400+ sarge kernel is 2.6.8-2-k7 driving a sempron64 3400

Re: rescue distro on 128 meg usb key?

2006-10-31 Thread Bruno Buys
Matt Price wrote: > hi, > > my dad is bringing me an old toshiba tablet (don't have the model > number) that seems to be having serious trouble, possibly a disk > failure. I will probably install a linux distro on it eventually, but > will have to figure out what makes the most sense for this kin

Re: Please trim replies.

2006-10-29 Thread Bruno Buys
Steve Kemp wrote: > Please, to make this mailing list a nicer place, could I ask > people to trim messages they are replying to? > > > That'd be a very good idea. It has implications on server load as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: micro debian

2006-10-26 Thread Bruno Buys
Douglas Tutty wrote: >Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for >use on older hardware? Eg 486, 32 MB, 100 MB. One problem with >installing with Woody and upgrading is that the list of packages in Main >is so huge it takes up a good chunk of disk space (and memory

Re: Community hostility [Was Recent spam increase]

2006-10-26 Thread Bruno Buys
Mike McCarty wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >> Mike McCarty wrote: >> >>> If people around here (and elsewhere) would quit treating Linux/GNU >>> project as if it were a religion, a political statement, a way to >>> change the world paradigm, a poke in the eye at the mythically evil >>> MicroSoft Emp

Re: Kernel alla debian

2006-10-25 Thread Bruno Buys
Pol Hallen wrote: > Ciao a tutti :-) > > Ho sempre compilato il kernel scaricandolo da www.kernel.org > > senza aver mai avuto dei problemi :-) > > Che vantaggi avrei nel compilare il kernel presente nelle sources > list? (scusate ovviamente la banalita' della domanda). > > Tipo: una volta install

Re: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
Paul E Condon wrote: >On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 08:57:18AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > >>Steve Lamb wrote: >> >> >>>Hans du Plooy wrote: >>> >>> >>> Calling someone a weasel has never been a compliment >>> *covers his ferrets eyes* Hey, there's children presen

Re: How to control display position?

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
Shawn Lamson wrote: >On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:37:56 -0200 >Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>This is etch with up-to-date kde. The controls of my monitor are >>locked (samsung syncmaster 753v, if someone knows how to unlock it, >>please post), no

Re: ntfs rw in etch??

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
On 10/24/06, Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruno Buys wrote:> This is etch recently installed in an athlon with a ntfs win> partition. Mount tells me it is writable. Can I trust? I didn't write> anything to it yet, just read. Writing to ntfs from linux sounds l

hp scanner 4670, someone installed it?

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
I was reading at sane's website this scanner is unsupported. Someone succeeded installing it?

How to control display position?

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
This is etch with up-to-date kde. The controls of my monitor are locked (samsung syncmaster 753v, if someone knows how to unlock it, please post), no idea why. So, where is that little app that lets me control the position of the display in the screen? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

ntfs rw in etch??

2006-10-24 Thread Bruno Buys
This is etch recently installed in an athlon with a ntfs win partition. Mount tells me it is writable. Can I trust? I didn't write anything to it yet, just read. Writing to ntfs from linux sounds like a taboo, to me. /dev/hda4 on / type reiserfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nod

k3b ignores my speed settings

2006-10-21 Thread Bruno Buys
K3b ignores my speed settings every time i try to record, either a cd or dvd. I ask it to record on the lowest speed available, say 4x for a dvd, and it does in 8x. This happens also after I ask it to refresh the possible values, so i'm not asking for unreal values. This is k3b 0.12.2 in debian sar

Problems with gnupg, apt-get says 'no pubkey found...'

2006-10-02 Thread Bruno Buys
Anybody having problems with gnupg and apt-get saying 'no pubkey found...'? This is an etch install, apt-get complains not founding key even after I do a vmtesting:/home/bruno# gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv 4F368D5D gpg: requesting key 4F368D5D from hkp server keyring.debian.org gpg:

Etch new install can´t see my serial mouse

2006-09-29 Thread Bruno Buys
Just installed a brand new etch on a athlon2400. Mouse is serial and xorg won´t load complaining 'no core pointer'.I tried both imps2 and explore-something (the only 2 options), but no good.I also tried to locate my mouse, doing: cat /dev/input/mice (which is the suggested location, by dpkg-reconfi

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-28 Thread Bruno Buys
On 9/28/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/28/06, Wackojacko < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> While reading (1) further, I bumped this:>>>>>> "Running the mixed setup on a workstation is not recommended, because>>> iptables, the XFS

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-28 Thread Bruno Buys
On 9/28/06, Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> While reading (1) further, I bumped this:>> "Running the mixed setup on a workstation is not recommended, because>>> iptables, the XFS filesystem, non-free NVidia and ATI binary drivers do >>> currently not support it.">> 'mixed setup' t

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-27 Thread Bruno Buys
Wackojacko wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >> On (26/09/06 11:46), Wackojacko wrote: >> >>> I run nvidia graphics drivers on my AMD64 3200+, in both 64 bit and >>> 32 bit sid, so they definitely work. >>> >>> Here's what I do. >>> >>> ~apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-source >>> ~m-a

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-26 Thread Bruno Buys
Wackojacko wrote: > Bruno Buys wrote: > >> On 9/26/06, *Bruno Buys* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> On 9/26/06, *Wackojacko* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >&g

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-26 Thread Bruno Buys
On 9/26/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/26/06, Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: George Borisov wrote:> Bruno Buys wrote:>>>I then installed two more kernels to play with:>>the 2.6.8-12-amd64-generic and the 2.6.8-12-amd64-k8. Both boot and ru

Re: kernel mess

2006-09-25 Thread Bruno Buys
Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Bruno Buys wrote: > >>I upgraded my cpu couple weeks ago, from a sempron2600+ to a 3400+ >>(754). The thing is, 3400+ has the x86_64 instruction set. My current >>stock kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 sees the sse3 instruction set (listed as 'pni' &g

kernel mess

2006-09-25 Thread Bruno Buys
I upgraded my cpu couple weeks ago, from a sempron2600+ to a 3400+ (754). The thing is, 3400+ has the x86_64 instruction set. My current stock kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 sees the sse3 instruction set (listed as 'pni' below), but does not report x86_64 (i'm not sure if it doesn't see the x86_64 or if it simp

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-23 Thread Bruno Buys
Scott Lair wrote: >Jason Martens wrote: > > >>It seems that morale is a bit low among the developers right now, so I >>thought it might be nice for all of us users to remind them why Debian >>is such an awesome project. I love Debian. I love how the system works. >>I love the quality of the pac

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Fred J. wrote: > > > */Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Fred J. wrote: > ... > Install k9copy from christian marillat source. k9copy is the linux > dvdshrink option. > > > I can't, first I use etch and k9copy is for sarge.

Re: copy a dvd

2006-09-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Fred J. wrote: > Hi > I have a dvd, one that I placed in my tv-dvd unit and it played, with > video and sound. > I want to copy it, I have a dvd burner in my debian/testing. I mounted > the dvd and was able to find out it had > 1$ ls /mnt/ > audio_ts video_ts > 1$ ls /mnt/video_ts/ > video_ts.bup

Re: Using a debian desktop as a remote boot server?

2006-09-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 08:48:07PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>Is it possible to use a debian sarge dektop as a remote boot server? >>Please notice the desktop was installed without this use in mind, its a >>rather conventional deskt

Using a debian desktop as a remote boot server?

2006-09-20 Thread Bruno Buys
Is it possible to use a debian sarge dektop as a remote boot server? Please notice the desktop was installed without this use in mind, its a rather conventional desktop, with lots of multimedia apps, office software and personal files. And I'd like to keep using it this way after installing the

How to measure stability?

2006-09-16 Thread Bruno Buys
Is there any way to objectively measure stability among debian flavours? I mean, does anybody know of a webpage or project or something to build statistics on bug reports? I'm asking this because every now and then we have threads asking how much unstable unstable is, and the replies are always

Re: Issues upgrading cpu

2006-09-12 Thread Bruno Buys
Albert Dengg wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:36:45PM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >On 9/6/06, Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >>Hash: SHA1 > >> > >>On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:51:48AM

Re: Issues upgrading cpu

2006-09-06 Thread Bruno Buys
On 9/6/06, Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 12:51:48AM -0300, Bruno Buys wrote:> I upgraded my cpu to a sempron with 64bit extension (Sempron 3400+ for> 754, to be precise). After some googling and reading, I

Issues upgrading cpu

2006-09-05 Thread Bruno Buys
I upgraded my cpu to a sempron with 64bit extension (Sempron 3400+ for 754, to be precise). After some googling and reading, I still can't figure those out: - Why do some instruction flags don't appear at /proc/cpuinfo? sse3 and x86-64, specifically. Do they have different names? (output follows).

Re: Ethernet detect

2006-09-02 Thread Bruno Buys
List List wrote: >I have a asus P4S800 motherboard, it has an onboard >ethernet adapter. When I try and install Debian Sarge >3.1 it will not detect the ethernet adapter. I tried >knoppix and it detects and uses the adapter just fine. > Is there any way to modify the hardware detect in >Sarge or

Re: Using cups remotely?

2006-08-29 Thread Bruno Buys
Alan Chandler wrote: >On Tuesday 29 August 2006 21:07, Bruno Buys wrote: > > >>I have two networked sarge machines. One is printing successfully via >>cups to a paralel hp printer. How do I set up the other machine to use >>this one remotely, preferably as default?

Using cups remotely?

2006-08-29 Thread Bruno Buys
I have two networked sarge machines. One is printing successfully via cups to a paralel hp printer. How do I set up the other machine to use this one remotely, preferably as default? Links/howtos/threads also accepted :) thanks guys! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: [OT] google earth on linux

2006-08-18 Thread Bruno Buys
what do you mean 'closed source' driver? You refer to the 3d thing?On 8/18/06, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Hi,Google earth now comes with a Linux (closed source) driver. That is sort of an interesting app.: you can go to anywhere on earth andzoom in and it keeps downloading the appro

dvd rewriter won't burn dvd-r double layer media

2006-08-17 Thread Bruno Buys
hi list, I just bought a new dvd rewriter, lg gsa-4166b. In my first attempts to write dvd's, k3b won't write to dvd-r double layer. I asked k3b to generate rock ridge extensions, as well as joliet. I didn't chose udf. In the advanced dialog, I chose 'allow 103 character joliet...' and 'allow u

Re: mp3 players with Debian (samsung and iriver)

2006-08-11 Thread Bruno Buys
If anyone is using any other mp3 player with Debian, it would be great if you could mention your models. thanks, ->HS PS: Target system is Debian Etch or Sid running 2.6.16 kernel. i am using a starex mp3 player with debian. No big deal, its a (really) cheapo brand, usb 1.1, 1GB, with radio

Re: command-line utility to write/edit iptc info?

2006-08-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Bruno, I've been running sid for nearly two years with no REAL problems as my main work machine. I do mostly business type stuff -- word proc., email, browsing, accounting and little multi-media stuff now and then. It works really well. The main thing is to use apt-listbugs and watch debian-us

Re: command-line utility to write/edit iptc info?

2006-08-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Buys wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: [snip] ron, My sources.list won't list exiv2. What repo does your come from? apt-get.org

Re: command-line utility to write/edit iptc info?

2006-08-09 Thread Bruno Buys
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno Buys wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Bruno Buys wrote: [snip] ron, My sources.list won't list exiv2. What repo does your come from? apt-get.org also doesn't list anything. thanks! Maybe you'r

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