Re: Unreadable DVDs

2006-02-25 Thread Damien Solley
On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 07:13 -0600, Paul Stolp wrote: > * Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-23 21:15]: > > Greetings, > > I am trying to write single session DVD+R discs under Debian Etch (and > > previously also in Sarge). I have tried Nautilus CD/DVD burner

Unreadable DVDs

2006-02-23 Thread Damien Solley
eads disks well, but I can't rule out a physical writing issue (although it used to work, under linux). dmesg doesn't show any abnormalities, but relevant output at end. TIA for any clues, Damien Solley SIS5513: chipset revision 0 SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later

Re: Dlink DWL-G510: Never get hardware present message

2006-01-14 Thread Damien Solley
[Sorry for previous off-list reply] Hi Ed, I say madwifi is 1) simpler and more 2) stable because: 1) Ndiswrapper needed kernel configuration & ndiswrapper config, madwifi just needs kernel config (and "make install" in the madwifi directory). Took me ages to get ndiswrapper running and when I fin

USB Mass Storage - Kernel Bug?

2004-09-15 Thread Damien Solley
Greetings, I am having trouble using an external USB 2.0 to IDE converter box with recent 2.6 kernels. The box houses a 200GB IDE drive. When I try to perform large transfers (eg 500MB files) to the box it aborts after a variable proportion of the file/s have been transferred. The dmesg output ca

USB Mass Storage - Kernel Bug?

2004-09-14 Thread Damien Solley
Greetings, I am having trouble using an external USB 2.0 to IDE converter box with recent 2.6 kernels. The box houses a 200GB IDE drive. When I try to perform large transfers (eg 500MB files) to the box it aborts after a variable proportion of the file/s have been transferred. The dmesg output ca

Write Caching for External USB Disk

2003-12-08 Thread Damien Solley
find any way to fix this. Does anybody know how to disable "write-behind" caching (if that's the correct term) for this disk? Perhaps an option in fstab? Hdparm doesn't like to work with it (reports that SCSI not supported). Thanks for your time. Damien -- ~~~~~

Re: How to Eliminate Popups?

2003-11-03 Thread Damien Solley
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 01:03, Thomas H. George wrote: > Is there a setting in Mozilla to eliminate popups? I am running testing > and have the latest release of Mozilla for testing but a search of the > index finds nothing regarding popups. > > Tom George > Hi Tom George Edit | Preferences |

Re: XFree86 4.3 in stable sarge - how likely

2003-11-03 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 20:29, John Peter wrote: > Lukas Ruf wrote: > >>Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-03 10:06]: > >> > >>On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:25:13 +0100, Jaque Moreau wrote: > >> > >>... you can always upgrade manually ... ! > >> > > > > > > can I find the required .deb files anywhere

Re: XFree86 4.3 in stable sarge - how likely

2003-11-03 Thread Damien Solley
> uccellina:~/Conf!73> dpkg -l xserver-xfree86 > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name VersionDescription >

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

2003-11-02 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 16:22, Johann Koenig wrote: > On Monday November 3 at 03:37pm > Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kernel is 2.4.22 from ftp.kernel.org with Con Kolivas' -ck2 patch > > (includes bootsplash). I've got 512MB main memory with

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

2003-11-02 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 02:50, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Damien Solley wrote: > > > > Thanks for you answer, Nicolas. > > It seems that it may indeed be a framebuffer error. Although I had > > assumed my kernel framebuffer was working correctly (because I am > > get

Re: Bootsplash in Debian

2003-11-02 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 01:02, Nicolas Rueff wrote: > Ainsi parla Damien Solley le 307ème jour de l'an 2003: > > > Hello All > > I am trying to get a splash screen while booting into my Debian Sarge > > box. I found instructions at: > > http://bulmalug.net/impr

Bootsplash in Debian

2003-11-02 Thread Damien Solley
Hello All I am trying to get a splash screen while booting into my Debian Sarge box. I found instructions at: http://bulmalug.net/impresion.phtml?nIdNoticia=1812 and have followed them (almost) to the letter. The kernel has been patched, images and initrd in place, etc etc but I don't get a splash

RESOLVED Re: Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

2003-10-21 Thread Damien Solley
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 20:58, Herbert Xu wrote: > Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > #211594). However, when I boot with "acpi=on" as a kernel argument, I > > get no ACPI. > > There is an off-by-one bug that breaks acpi=on. Try acpi=force i

Re: Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

2003-10-20 Thread Damien Solley
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 11:34, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Damien Solley wrote: > > Hi > > How do I enable ACPI with the debian kernel package > > kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 (in Sarge)? I see that ACPI has been disabled > > by default with this kernel (closing bugs

Enable ACPI on kernel-image-2.4.22?

2003-10-20 Thread Damien Solley
Hi How do I enable ACPI with the debian kernel package kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 (in Sarge)? I see that ACPI has been disabled by default with this kernel (closing bugs #210512, #210563, #210727, #211594). However, when I boot with "acpi=on" as a kernel argument, I get no ACPI. Dmesg shows "ACPI:

Re: login-delay after boot

2003-10-13 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 18:11, [loonyx | rolf joho] wrote: > [loonyx | rolf joho] wrote: > > my woody-box drives me mad: > > > > after boot, wen the login-prompt appears, i can enter a username, but > > then i have to wait ~4 MINUTES!!! until i can enter my password. > > it's not that my machine was

Re: A Selection of XMMS Skins?

2003-10-12 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 11:19, Michael Bonert wrote: > Is there an apt package of XMMS Skins? I'm getting sick of the default > one. > > I searched with 'apt-cache search xmms', that, however, didn't find > anything. I then tried googling--that just found me RPMS--yuck! The > archive (here) doesn

Re: A Selection of XMMS Skins?

2003-10-12 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 11:19, Michael Bonert wrote: > Is there an apt package of XMMS Skins? I'm getting sick of the default > one. > > I searched with 'apt-cache search xmms', that, however, didn't find > anything. I then tried googling--that just found me RPMS--yuck! The > archive (here) doesn

Re: Internet connection sharing with WinXP: DNS problem

2003-09-01 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 17:47, Jörg Johannes wrote: > Hi everybody. > > My father has a Win XP box with a builtin DSL card (no linux driver > available AFAIK, it's a Eicon Diva DSL). So the only possibility to get > my Linux laptop connected to the net when I am at home is to let XP dial > in and

Re: Default install w/apache - how to create local web access?

2003-09-01 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:13, Damien Solley wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have built a default debian box with apache, apache-ssl, and > > squirrelmail. I am creating accounts for family members who also want > > web page creation capabi

Re: Hi, how can I add a key map to show the desktop undergnome&sawfish?? Thanks

2003-09-01 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:09, Zhao You Bing wrote: > I know that under RedHat there is a CTRL-ALT-D and it's very convenient. > > Anyone can give me a point? > > -- > Zhao YouBing, Ph.D student > State Key Lab of CAD&CG,Zhejiang University, > Hangzhou, 310027, P.R.China > Tel : 0571-87951045(O),

Re: Default install w/apache - how to create local web access?

2003-09-01 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have built a default debian box with apache, apache-ssl, and > squirrelmail. I am creating accounts for family members who also want > web page creation capability, but none of the accounts have web-like > directories in their homedirs, lik

Re: open office spell checking

2003-08-30 Thread Damien Solley
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 16:51, Paul Johnson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:12:17PM -0700, Roy Pluschke wrote: > > I can't get the spell checking in open office working - It won't even let me > > select the spell checker under Options -> Langu

Re: 855GM chipset supported?

2003-08-30 Thread Damien Solley
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 10:13, Joan Tur wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hallo! > > I'm planning purchasing an Acer Travelmate 290; it's a centrino based laptop > so it's got an Intel 855 chipset + integrated graphics. > > The question is... am I going to have any prob

Re: acme package - experiences

2003-08-25 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 23:46, Olivier Robert wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering if someone's got some experience with the acme package. > The packege description is: > > acme - Enables the "multimedia buttons" found on laptopsacme - Enables > the "multimedia buttons" found on laptops > > I have a Com

Re: Webmin

2003-08-25 Thread Damien Solley
stall webmin webmin-core again, but still no go. I > also rebooted. > > There must be something I'm missing in the conf files somewhere... Is it > started by inetd? > > Mark > > - Original Message - > From: "Damien Solley" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Webmin

2003-08-25 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 22:41, Mark Maas wrote: > Ok.. > > This going to sound dumb... Bare with me... New to linux and all. > I installed webmin by doing: "apt-get install webmin" and it worked > fine. > > Now how do I access webmin? something like: > http://[debianhostname]:1000 ? > > For t

2.6 Kernel -problem with console spewing symbols.

2003-08-24 Thread Damien Solley
Hi I've been testing the 2.6 kernel series on my laptop, and have a recurrent (but low priority) issue. I'm running sarge. While booting up, when the system begins starting init scripts, it immediately starts spewing characters like so: @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAI

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-23 Thread Damien Solley
There's even handy scripts that'll show arrange the dpkg output by size of package, so you can really trim it. Someone published this on a newsgroup list a while back, but am not sure who it was! Very nice output, kudos to the original author. Oh, and here it is (a the bottom of the page): http://l

Re: listing directory contents with color

2003-08-20 Thread Damien Solley
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:49, Alphonse Ogulla wrote: > How do I get ls to list directory contents with color without passing the > --color option everytime? > > -- > Alphonse Ogulla > Nairobi, Kenya In your ~/.bashrc file, add the line: alias ls='ls --color' -- ~~~

Re: LFS problem with Debian testing

2003-08-20 Thread Damien Solley
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 20:01, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Damien Solley --> debian-user (2003-08-20 19:37:28 +1000): > > Old kernel version? AFAIK, you need a recent (ish) kernel to create > > files greater than 2GB. > > $ uname -sr > Linux 2.4.21-3-686-smp > > It&#x

Re: KGhostView Display Problem

2003-08-20 Thread Damien Solley
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 18:47, Brian Poole wrote: > Hi, > > When I view a pdf document with kghostview and scroll back and forth the > text disapears from view. The portion of the page that scrolled off the > screen disappears and is replaced with a plain white background when I > scroll back to it

Re: LFS problem with Debian testing

2003-08-20 Thread Damien Solley
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 19:17, Jukka Salmi wrote: > Hello, > I'm having problems with opening large (>2 GB) files on a Debian testing > System: > > --- > #include > #include > #include > [...] > int fd; > fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE); > [...] > --- > > gcc complains that O_LARGEFIL

Re: ip changed after sometime using dhcp

2003-08-19 Thread Damien Solley
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 20:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using DHCP to connect to the network, and I use ssh to contral > another machine. The problem is, my ip address is always changing. This > makes my ssh die. I wonder if it is because of my configure file is not > correct or is th

Re: Re: Q3Demo Segfault

2003-08-19 Thread Damien Solley
the demo with the point release, just to test it... Then, if it works, go out and grab yourself a platinum copy of Q3A. Good luck -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: possible to extract .cab files under linux?

2003-08-19 Thread Damien Solley
ED] $ apt-cache search cabinet cabextract - a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files lcab - Create MS Cabinet (.cab) files. Maybe these might be of assistance? And prevent you the need to reboot! -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cloning Debian?

2003-08-18 Thread Damien Solley
used tar -x USR.tar /mnt/hda1/ Then edited the necessary config files (fstab, XF86config, etc), installed grub and never looked back. So that's another option for you, Regards Damien -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Samba running under inetd and init.d

2003-08-18 Thread Damien Solley
something wrong? > > John Purser dpkg-reconfigure samba will allow you to choose which method you wish to run samba under. -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ACPI sleep - time/date problem

2003-08-18 Thread Damien Solley
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 01:29, Paul Miller wrote: > I'm trying to get ACPI sleep working on a Dell I8500 laptop. Currently, > it will go to sleep, but the time/date also go to sleep. When it wakes > up, Linux reports the time/date that it went to sleep. Is there some way > to automatically save th

Re: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-14 Thread Damien Solley
a user and did 'startx' - got same > thing, ut after a cuple of seconds the tty7 graphics disappeared and left me > with the same error messages plus >... /.xinitrc: line 1: startkde: command not found > > not much help there. > > -- > richard -- Damien

Re: My xserver crashes once my monitor goes to sleep...

2003-08-14 Thread Damien Solley
's my .xsession: xscreensaver -no-splash& icewm Hope that helps. Damien On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 10:42, B. L. Jilek wrote: > Hi Damien! > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Damien Solley wrote: > > > Use xscreensaver-demo to control power management for your monitor. If > &

Re: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-14 Thread Damien Solley
m? > > The apt Howto doesn't seem to offer me any guidance. I also have limited time > for this, as I've already wasted a day on it. > > Advice anyone? > > -- > richard > > Lucky I got this laptop working or I wouldn't be able to ask for help..

Re: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-14 Thread Damien Solley
0 -nolisten tcp >WindowMaker >ssh-agent x-window-manager > > what more info can I usefully get? > > -- > richard > > > > I don't think the apt HOWTO is relevant, as this is an X problem. > > > > You must be aware by now that almost _no

Re: VIA Soundcard Driver - skipping, failing

2003-08-14 Thread Damien Solley
oss > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > options snd major=116 cards_limit=1 > options snd-via82xx index=0 > # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- > > ### update-modules: end processing /etc/modutils/alsa -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: My xserver crashes once my monitor goes to sleep...

2003-08-12 Thread Damien Solley
> sleep or how to fix my xserver? > > -- > Thanks, > Jake Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __ > Plutoid - http://www.plutoid.com - Shop Plutoid for the best prices on > Rims, Tires, and Performance Par

Re: how NOT to work with debian

2003-08-11 Thread Damien Solley
August 2003 4:11 am, Damien Solley wrote: > > Looks like X is running fine. You just need a window manager other than > > twm! > > from a console, edit your ~/.xinitrc file. For simplicity, this file can > > have just one line, reading: > > startkde > > That fa

Re: USB Intellimouse problem

2003-08-11 Thread Damien Solley
mouse cursor is smooth and accurate using the touchpad (/dev/psaux) > but really choppy and inaccurate using the Intellimouse. > > Any suggestions? Any help appreciated. > > -- > Aaron Bieber > - > Graphic Design // Web Design > http://www.core-dev.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Black screen with XFree86 on laptop

2003-07-25 Thread Damien Solley
; Windows 2000. > > I'm totally in the dark here. Can anybody offer a hint? > > regards, > -- > Leif Biberg Kristensen > http://solumslekt.org/ > mail to leif at solumslekt dot org -- Damien Solley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wireless howto[s] indepth ???

2003-07-25 Thread Damien Solley
Firstly, on wireless Howtos, have you checked out http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ and it's links and associated pages. Secondly, the orinoco_cs driver is only recently becoming half decent (although still not there, IMHO). The recent kernels (2.4.21 and .22-pre releases) all

Re: mozilla 1.x and java-vm

2003-07-17 Thread Damien Solley
gcc 3.2, you need the JRE that has also been compiled with > gcc 3.2/ > > -Roberto > > > ___ > Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS > Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... > http://messenger.yahoo.es -- Damien Solley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wireless/cat5 bridge

2003-07-16 Thread Damien Solley
I've set my bridge with wireless and wired interfaces just as you are doing. In my setup, the bridge retrieves its IP via DHCP. Mike has correctly pointed out the settings if only wired interfaces are used, but one further step was necessary for wireless (using linux-wlan-ng drivers). My /etc/netwo