Re: skype and amd64

2007-06-21 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi folks... > Skype's support for linux is rubbish and no 64 support shown on their > website so you can, install the 32bit version and run it with chroot. I have recently downloaded the archive from the skype website (v1.3.0-53) and it's working perfectly fine on my amd64 debian (without chroot

debian kernel package for ubuntu

2006-05-26 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi all ... I'm trying to help someone rebuilding its kernel from sources. Since I do not have physical access to the machine, I planned to build a custom debian package linux-image using make-kpkg on my own debian box and let her install the package with dpkg on her ubuntu box. So my question i

k3b removed after unstable update

2006-01-08 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi all! I just run apt-get dist-upgrade on my Debian unstable box and this removed k3b. If I want to reinstall it I need dbus-qt-1c2, the installation of which wants to remove kde, kde-amusements, kde-core, kdeaddons, kdebase kdebase-kio-plugins, konq-plugins, konqueror and libdbus-qt-1-1c2 !!

Re: [HDD problem] Strange remount read-only

2005-11-27 Thread Gregory Soyez
> > If there are BadBlocks in my hard drive, the driver normally can manage > > them, > > simply not using them. I wanted to ask if there is some sort of hdparm (or > > sth > > like that) option to tell the driver "hey, avoid the badblocks". I had basically the same problem last week and It tu

Re: Is there a screencapture utility?

2005-09-15 Thread Gregory Soyez
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 00:16 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running sarge/GNOME. I'd like an ability to capture portions of a > > screen (part of a window preferably). Is there something which will do > > that? > After you've taken the screenshot, edit it GIMP to pull out only > the windo

Re: HP LJ 1000 printer unsupported under linux?

2005-07-17 Thread Gregory Soyez
On Sunday 17 July 2005 11:27, Deboo ^ wrote: > > > [snip] > I have also tried the solutions mentioned on linuxprinting.org's page > given above but the printer just won't print under linux. I have successfully configured the same printer on my computer using the foo2zjs package. You can either do

Re: Redirecting stdout and stderr into a file

2004-11-10 Thread Gregory Soyez
On Wednesday 10 November 2004 18:03, Rob Sims wrote: > > Blake Swadling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > but how can I redirect both together? > command > logfile 2>&1 man bash has a chapter for redirection (starting at line 1426!) For example, it reports the following commands: ls > logfile 2>&

Re: Kernel 2.6.2 and X (no core pointer)

2004-02-13 Thread Gregory Soyez
> > This does not seem to solve the problem on my laptop. If I use > > /dev/psaux, X starts but the pointer does not move, with > > /dev/input/mouse0, X claims "/dev/input/mouse0: no such device" > > although it really exists. Finally with /dev/input/event0, it seems > > that the "mouse" gets drive

Re: Kernel 2.6.2 and X (no core pointer)

2004-02-12 Thread Gregory Soyez
orked fine after that, YMMV. This does not seem to solve the problem on my laptop. If I use /dev/psaux, X starts but the pointer does not move, with /dev/input/mouse0, X claims "/dev/input/mouse0: no such device" although it really exists. Finally with /dev/input/event0, it seems that

Re: AC'97 sound on 2.4 kernel

2004-02-05 Thread Gregory Soyez
> I only got my Intel 82801EB AC'97 working when I started using the > 2.6.1 kernel. You mean using OSS or ALSA ? Actually, I have an Intel soundcard which works properly with both kernels 2.4 and 2.6 (except for the full duplex access) but I can not get sound with ALSA and kernel 2.6 (AC'97 0:0

Re: ALSA and Kernel 2.6

2004-01-14 Thread Gregory Soyez
, Joan Tur wrote: > Es Dilluns Gener 12 2004 19:29, en Gregory Soyez va escriure: > > Running update-modules doesn't change anything :-( > > I have the same error message when I try to modprobe directly > > snd_intel8x0. In the latter case, a bunch of modules (like snd_pcm

Re: ALSA and Kernel 2.6

2004-01-13 Thread Gregory Soyez
seq-oss > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss > alias /dev/dsp* snd-pcm-oss > > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > > alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0 > alias sound-slot-0 snd-slot-0 > > Run update-modules, and then /etc/init.d/alsa start. That should get alsa > wo

Re: ALSA and Kernel 2.6

2004-01-12 Thread Gregory Soyez
sound card !!! If it can help, my soundcard worked properly with kernel 2.4 and the i810n module ... TIA Gregor On Monday 12 January 2004 19:12, John M Flinchbaugh wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:13:57PM +0100, Gregory Soyez wrote: > > just installed the kernel 2.6.1 with ALSA sup

Re: ALSA and Kernel 2.6

2004-01-12 Thread Gregory Soyez
the problem comes from ?? TIA Gregor -- Gregory Soyez University of Liege Institut de Physique Allee du 6 Aout, Bat B5 B-4000 Sart-Tilman, LIEGE 1 Tel: +32 4 366 37 04 Fax: +32 4 366 36 72 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

xkb keymap in unstable

2004-01-10 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hello guys, I've just upgraded my laptop to unstable and I've lost the "AltGr" key under X. The log says Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap does anyone have an idea on where this problem may come from ? TIA Gregor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: HOW-TO get a USB mass storage device to work under Debian

2003-12-13 Thread Gregory Soyez
With my sarge laptop, I needed to add the kernel module usb-storage to the list of modules that hotplug tries when it detects a new connected device. This is specified in the field DRIVERS in the file usb.agent. Gregor On Saturday 13 di December 2003 23:26, H. S. wrote: > Jonathan Melhuish wrot

Re: dependency problem (SOLVED)

2003-08-20 Thread Gregory Soyez
> > got a little dependency problem: uinstalled woody and wanted to upgrade > > to libc6-2.3 which needs libdb1-compat. However, the testing version of > > libdb1-compat needs libc6>=2.2.5-13 which I cannot found ... > > You've got it right there, since you're trying to install libc6 2.3. > Just in

dependency problem

2003-08-19 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi all, got a little dependency problem: uinstalled woody and wanted to upgrade to libc6-2.3 which needs libdb1-compat. However, the testing version of libdb1-compat needs libc6>=2.2.5-13 which I cannot found ... Any idea ? TIA Gregor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

woody, libc6-2.3 and kernel 2.4.18

2003-08-19 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi all, just installed woody on my laptop. Things went fine and I installed the kernel 2.4.18, but it seems that the 'sis900' driver (network card) works only properly with the kernel 2.4.21. Since I cannot configure the network, it downloaded the kernel package and its dependences from another

which woody-iso ?

2003-08-15 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi everybody, I shall install debian on my laptop and I need ISO CD. Do I really need to download the 7 ISO for woody or just a few are sufficient ? (I tried to read the FAQ but it seems to talk about potato!) TIA Gregor -- Gregory Soyez University of Liege Institut de Physique Allee du 6

MP3 encoder

2002-06-09 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hi, I'm searching for an MP3 encoder for linux. I've browsed the package list of both woody and sid (not too quickly, I hope) , but unsuccessfully. Can anyone recommand me one ? TIA Gregor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: NVidia GeForce MX problems - "no screens found"

2002-01-03 Thread Gregory Soyez
>Current (as of today) Woody system, NVidia GeForce MX AGP card, >Debian packaged nv driver. XF86cfg starts fine and allows me to build >the XF86Config file, but when I try to start the server I get the "no >screens found" error. /var/log/XFree86.0.log is below. Hi Michael don't know if this ca

Terratec 512i Digital

2001-12-09 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hello !! Does anyone know if the sound card Terratec 512i Digital is recognized by the Kernel (2.2.x or 2.4.x) Thanks in advance Gregor -- Grégory Soyez Université de Liège Institut de Physique, B5 Allée du VI Août B-4000 Sart-Tilman, Liège 1 Belgium

Terratec 512i Digital

2001-12-07 Thread Gregory Soyez
Hello, does anyone know if "Terratec 512i Digital" soundcards are recognized by 2.2 or 2.4 kernels ? As is seems to be written on the ALSA project website, it seems to work with the fm801 driver ?!? Can anyone confirm this ? Thanks in advance Gregor -- Grégory Soyez Université de Liège Institu