Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)

2005-08-23 Thread Daniel Ramaley
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 03:06 am, A. Lanza wrote: >i've been running Fedora linux for about 3 years now but... i wanted > to explore Debian as well. Recently, i had to set up a mail system > and i installed Debian Sarge on an old Pentium 3 machine with 128 MB > of RAM. The new(?) Sarge installer

Re: CD problem: hardware or software? - SOLVED

2005-08-05 Thread Daniel Ramaley
>Could something be overheating? You could perhaps try putting the >external drive in the refrigerator for a few minutes, but not long > enough that condensation can become a problem. Then take it out and > see if it works any longer. It is an external disk, after all. > >Of course it could be a

Re: CD problem: hardware or software?

2005-07-29 Thread Daniel Ramaley
On Friday 29 July 2005 08:26 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: >On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:16:06AM -0500, Daniel Ramaley wrote: >> I'm running testing on a PowerPC (a Mac Mini to be precise). I have >> an external CD drive that i am using to rip my CD collection (i'm >> usin

CD problem: hardware or software?

2005-07-29 Thread Daniel Ramaley
I'm running testing on a PowerPC (a Mac Mini to be precise). I have an external CD drive that i am using to rip my CD collection (i'm using an external to avoid wear and tear on the more expensive internal drive). The problem is that after bootup i can rip CDs for a little while (where "a littl

Re: postgresql on Sarge

2005-07-25 Thread Daniel Ramaley
>> My guess is that libperl5.8 is out of date. Is that correct? > >No it's your perl-base whuich comes from etch/sid > >reinstall perl-base > >apt-get install --reinstall perl-base/stable Now i think i know what the problem is. When i installed Sarge, i used a CD that was a few months old, not th

Re: postgresql on Sarge

2005-07-25 Thread Daniel Ramaley
On Friday 22 July 2005 03:11 pm, ke6isf wrote: >'apt-get install postgresql' should work; if it doesn't, respond with > the error dump. Here's the dump: # apt-get install postgresql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean

Re: postgresql on Sarge

2005-07-25 Thread Daniel Ramaley
On Friday 22 July 2005 03:11 pm, ke6isf wrote: >'apt-get install postgresql' should work; if it doesn't, respond with > the error dump. Here's the dump: # apt-get install postgresql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean

postgresql on Sarge

2005-07-22 Thread Daniel Ramaley
How do i install postgresql on Sarge? I did an "aptitude update" then ran aptitude and selected postgresql for installation. But aptitude refuses to install it, claiming that it is "broken". I don't know how i broke it, but now that it is broke, how do i fix it?

X11 error on Sarge

2005-07-14 Thread Daniel Ramaley
When i run xscreensaver-demo and some other applications i get errors like this on the terminal from which i ran it: Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". I think this has something to do with 3D support, though i'm fa

xscreensaver-demo crashing on Sarge

2005-07-08 Thread Daniel Ramaley
Hello. I am using Sarge on a Dell OptiPlex GX 110 (which i believe has i810 graphics) and am trying to get xscreensaver setup. When i run xscreensaver-demo, i get errors on the terminal from which i ran it. Some screen savers work perfectly when i preview them, but most of them cause xscreensav