xserver problem: what should populate /dev/dri ?

I recently upgraded a Debian box from oldstable (Lenny) to stable (squeeze) and then to testing (wheezy). The various APT utilities are satisfied that dependencies are satisfied. But the xserver got broken in the process -- not a big surprise. When I ty running xinit (as root) with no xorg.co

Re: Recently, CUPS and my Laserjet hate PDF's

Nick Lidakis nlida...@verizon.net wrote: > After many years of printing bliss using CUPS and a HP LaserJet 4000, > something seems to be wrong when attempting to print PDF's. > > I'm able to print HTML web pages via Firefox and sample .ps files, e.g., > that postscript tiger. Googling around reve

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface? [SOLVED]

C. G. Montgomery wrote: > I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel > 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to > a > similar machine using an interface eth0. Now I want to connect it to my > new DSL service. > Success a

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue,01.Sep.09, 08:07:00, C. G. Montgomery wrote: > > [big snip] > > Let's see if I got it right. You have: > > - 1 DSL modem/router/whatever with 1 ethernet port > - a Debian computer with 1 (one) ethernet card/port > - a cable conne

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > > If it's a router, then it should have more than one Ethernet jack, > right? > No, there's only a single ethernet jack on the modem. My ISP, who provided the modem, tells me this is the modern arrangement, and a hub can be used for multiple machi

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > On 2009-08-31 21:26, C. G. Montgomery wrote: >> Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: >> >> How can I specify the MAC address so it will be used correctly? > > But your system already knows it's MAC address as eth0

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon,31.Aug.09, 22:26:06, C. G. Montgomery wrote: > >> No, there is just one ethernet port. Eventually I will want to set up >> a local network with several machines using the DSL, but for now I just >> want a single

RE: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Kevin Ross ke...@familyross.net wrote: > Edit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules to change the name of the > device. Edit /etc/network/interfaces to change its configuration (IP > address, DHCP or static, etc). The names must match in both files. > I will try this and report the results

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: > On Mon,31.Aug.09, 21:35:33, C. G. Montgomery wrote: > >> # for DSL >> iface eth1 inet dhcp >> >> and rebooted the machine. Then I have > > If you want an interface to come up automatically you need eit

Re: udev won't let me change my network interface?

Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > On 2009-08-31 20:35, C. G. Montgomery wrote: >> I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel >> 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to >> a >> similar machine using an int

udev won't let me change my network interface?

I have a desktop computer running Debian testing (squeeze), kernel 2.6.30, with KDE 4.2.4. Previously it had been connected by ethernet to a similar machine using an interface eth0. Now I want to connect it to my new DSL service. I changed /etc/network/interfaces to contain: # /etc/network/in

Re: Debian won't boot

Vwaju wrote: > For months, I have been booting Debian 3.1 every day and experimenting > with networking tools. Today I didn't do much except read man pages, > and I'm not aware of doing anything to change any configuration, but > when I rebooted my computer it stalled out at > > INIT: Entering r