how to backup and restore /var partition.

2010-07-11 Thread H. S.
I want to reinstall Debian on a machine which is also running my local web server. I am planning on backing up /home, /var and /etc. When I want to restore these on the newly installed system, how exactly do I do the restore with /var? Do I just copy the earlier /var to the new one? During and

Re: ls has stopped using the ISO date format

2010-06-08 Thread H. S.
Just saw your message by chance. I read this list only on gmane. Replying to ML now. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Doesn't the scanning software at least set the digitization time to the > time at which you scanned the photos in? Yes, it does. But that is of no use to

Re: what does easycam2 really do? and gspca vs uvcvideo

2009-02-28 Thread H. S.
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:32 PM, thveillon.debian < thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: > H.S. a écrit : > > Hello, > > > > I came across some websites related to webcam detection and working on > > Linux systems which describe a tool called "easycam2". Here are the main > > ones: > > https://

Re: how to put another distro's stanza in menu.lst

2008-10-13 Thread H. S.
Mumia W.. wrote: s. That allows me two advantages: I can use chain-loading for the secondary OS's, and each Linux OS has perfect boot stanzas in their respective /boot/grub/menu.lst files. Good idea. I recommend installing Grub under FC9, but install it to the superblock of /dev/sda13--NO

Re: how to put another distro's stanza in menu.lst

2008-10-13 Thread H. S.
This solved the problem: 1. Booted in to my Debian system. 2. Did #> grub-install /dev/sda13 where /dev/sda13 is the other distro's partition(in my case it is Fedora Core 9) which has /boot . 3. Rebooted and selected Fedora's kernel and it worked okay. Regards On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM,

Re: Communication between VMed Debian and Windows

2008-10-10 Thread H. S.
Hi, Could you please keep the conversation on debian list. You will be able to get more help that way. I am sending this reply to the list to continue the thread there. Also, it is just by chance that I am taking a peek at my list emails. I usually never do, I use gmane instead to read this list

Re: Communication between VMed Debian and Windows

2008-10-08 Thread H. S.
Hi, (sending to list and cc'ing to you) On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Neo Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, I'd like to use Linux utilities so I choose #2. How do I get the > shared folders with Samba? > Google is your friend. I searched for 'how to seup samba in Debian windows' and o

Re: how to block 'rogue' attemps from China

2008-10-06 Thread H. S.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > fail2ban? > hmm ... looks interesting. What about the cpu usage? My router is an old Debian machine, intel 450 MHz and 375 MB RAM.

Re: Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)

2007-10-30 Thread H. S.
On 10/30/07, Herb Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, to bother you, but on a forum you wrote that you can rearrange > images in XP via Drag and Drop. What program within XP are you using? This > is precisely what I have been looking for. > I just used Windows explorer to do so. Assume y

Locales broken after Xorg upgrade

2006-10-12 Thread H. S. Teoh
[Please Cc: replies to me, I'm not subscribed to this list.] After the latest Xorg upgrade (unstable), my locale settings don't work anymore. Currently I'm using en_US.UTF-8, and it was working perfectly with the last version of the Xorg packages. After the latest update, I get this message every

Crashed: Booting not complete.

2006-09-13 Thread H S Rai
Due to UPS problem (as it looks), Debain loaded PC crashed. It's booting process is not completeing.It starts and complaint as: Starting Munin-node: Could not open log file /var/log/munin/munin-node.log Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background. Starting openGroupware.org server in

Crashed: Booting not complete.

2006-09-13 Thread H S Rai
Due to UPS problem (as it looks), Debain loaded PC crashed. It's booting process is not completeing.It starts and complaint as: Starting Munin-node: Could not open log file /var/log/munin/munin-node.log Checking for crashed MySQL tables in the background. Starting openGroupware.org server in

Cyrillic input in Xorg?

2006-08-28 Thread H. S. Teoh
Hi all, I've a (probably dumb) question: how do I configure XKB so that I can switch between Latin and Cyrillic keyboard layouts? I tried: setxkbmap us,ru -option grp:lwin_toggle and I'm able to get it to switch between the US keyboard and the Russian keyboard, but when I'm in Russian mo

error on keyboard layout change

2006-07-25 Thread H S Rai
When it tried to change keyboard laout to enter data in davanagri (Hindi), it reults in error: "Error changing keyboard layout to in(basic)" I trie dit in KDE under debian. How to set things right? -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

NetworkCard of IBMthinkCentre

2006-07-24 Thread H S Rai
I installed Debian3.1 on IBM Think Centre using CD. It has BroadCom's NetXtreme fast ethernet card. The driver is present. But it is not loaded automatically. On issuing command: # /sbin/modprobe tg3 It says "cannot find proper PCI device base address, aborting. /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kern

Going back to stable

2006-07-14 Thread H S Rai
What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: setup ODBC data source

2006-05-14 Thread H S Rai
Friday at 10:07am -0400 Andrew Schulman wrote: > > I have file /etc/odbc.ini which has at its end: > > > > Name: MSSQLServer > > Description: TDS MSSQL (description isn't important) > > Servername: 192.168.8.88 > > UID: sa > > PWD: > > Port: 1433 > > That's strange, it's a d

setup ODBC data source

2006-05-11 Thread H S Rai
I am trying to connect MSSQL from debian system. The reference which I was following, used Redhat's ODBCConfig. As that is not available on Debian, so I could not succeed there. Which is the equivalent to ODBCConfig in Deabin? I have file /etc/odbc.ini which has at its end: Name: MSSQLServer

Re: Sid: Nvidia kernel 1.0.8756-2

2006-04-12 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Curt Howland_, on 04/11/2006 03:07 PM,typed: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. Up to date Sid, today's upgrade to nvidia-kernel 1.0.8756-2 has not gone well. Glad that I can fall back on the "nv" driver and at least have a working system, if not hardware accelerat

Re: ssh and X forwarding

2006-03-28 Thread H S Rai
Today at 2:54pm +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Change /etc/ssh/sshd_config, not /etc/ssh/ssh_config. Thankyou Sir, It was my mistake :-( I got things working. -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ssh and X forwarding

2006-03-28 Thread H S Rai
Today at 7:37am - Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > The sshd_config file (probably under /etc/ssh/sshd_config or somewhere > similar) has AllowX11Forwarding no > > Change that to yes and restart sshd It did not solve my problem. I made changes and restarted ssh (There is no sshd). The par

ssh and X forwarding

2006-03-27 Thread H S Rai
On stable Debian installed PC, it appers that X is not allowed with ssh. As on issuing command: ssh -X ip.number1 gnome-terminal it open a window, but issuing any command of graphic program, says: Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display Same command for other PC (ip.number2 having Red

Re: C++ does not support long long: QCAD

2006-03-18 Thread H S Rai
Today at 11:28am +0100 Joerg Beyer wrote: > What version of g++ are you using? g++ (GCC) 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-10) > #include > using namespace std; > int main(int, char **) { > long long i=42L; It compiles your test program absolutely fine. Thanks for your response. -- H.S.

C++ does not support long long: QCAD

2006-03-18 Thread H S Rai
I was trying to compile QCAD, but got following error that ISO C++ does not support `long long`. What will be way to compile it on Debian system? --- In file included from /usr/include/qt3/qobjectdefs.h:42, from /usr/include/qt3/qobject.h:42,

Re: Installing fonts

2006-03-06 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _L.V.Gandhi_, on 03/06/2006 10:42 AM,typed: On 3/5/06, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: L.V.Gandhi wrote: You put the fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/win98 for all users if you have root access or put it in ~/.fonts and then do dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig. Doesn't "dpkg-recon

Re: Mouse not working on IBM ThinkCentre

2006-01-05 Thread H S Rai
Yesterday at 11:01pm -0800 Clark Bang wrote: > What type of mouse are you using IBM ps/2 > and how did you setup the mouse in X? dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > Have you tried the mouse configuration setup command "mouseconfig"? This is not there in Debian. I guess it is for RedHat.

Mouse not working on IBM ThinkCentre

2006-01-04 Thread H S Rai
There remain always some problem with Kernel 2.6.8-2-386. With this it used to be very slow. So, I was using this PC to my satisfaction with Kernel 2.4.27-2-386. Unforunately, I updated and upgraded every thing (including unstable, Contrib etc). With this mouse stop working in X under Kernel 2

how to use makefile to work with psnup

2005-12-14 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am trying to make a makefile to convert PDFs in a directory to 4-up PDFs using psnup but I am not able to. I have L??N.pdf files in a directory and wish to produce a corresponding 4-up PDF for each file named L??N-4up.pdf. I have a shell script which converts all L??N.pdf files to 4up

Re: [Cygwin <-> Debian]: rysnc hangs when backing up multiple /cygdrive/* dirs

2005-12-05 Thread H. S.
On 12/5/05, Ryan Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps you could eliminate variables from the equation to see if this isa cygwin problem or a debian problem.  Some suggestions:1. What if you initiate rsync from the cygwin host?  Does it still hang? 2. What if you rsync from the cygwin host

Restarting gdm on same ":0"

2005-12-01 Thread H S Rai
Due to network failure sometime, the user lost exported desktop. At the moment to give then desktop, I restart gdm. It solve the problem of remote user, but at server, it say X is running alraedy on :0, and with user's consent it open on :1 How I can force it to open it on :0 Is there any b

lower case character when caps lock is on

2005-12-01 Thread H S Rai
I am facing a strange problem. On console, when CAPS lock is on "C" and "E" are appearing on screen as lower case, while all appear as expected. When I open terminal under X, it behave properly. What can be reason. -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Is pl2303 driver there?

2005-11-22 Thread H S Rai
I read on Internet that new Kernel has pl2303 driver ( USB to Serial Driver ). I am using Debian with Kernel 3.1 I want to check wether this driver is there or not. What is the way to check it? If, it is not there, from where I could find (suitable for debian setup) it, and how one will inst

popPort:NOKIA 3120

2005-11-17 Thread H S Rai
Can we make Nokia 3120 mobile to communicate with Debian based PC. I installed GAMMU/WAMMU, but I could not make it functional using its popPort Anyone who has used it or knows how to make it through. This is the only thing, which is compelling me use M$ windows. Any help will be appreciate

Re: Gnome 2.10 going in to etch today

2005-09-12 Thread H. S.
On 9/12/05, Jason Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 12 September 2005 8:15 pm, Joseph H. Fry wrote:> I can't install it... Everything is there except sound-juicer (>=> 2.10.1) which gnome-desktop-environment depends upon.  Is this a bug?> Has anyone managed a way around this?  Or is it m

Re: kde 3.4.2 avialabe, any problems?

2005-09-10 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rogério Brito_, on 10/09/05 03:21,typed: > On Sep 09 2005, H. S. wrote: > >>Only a few days ago, I couldn't install kdebase but kde-core seemed to >>be okay. I guess that was since not all applications had been upgraded >>to 3.4.2. Seems like good progre

Re: #debian

2005-09-09 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Josh Battles_, on 09/09/05 15:51,typed: > > Granted these people are volunteers, but they're the ones who are > volunteering their time to help others. If they would rather spend that time > flaming and telling others to RTFM, then perhaps they need to re-evaluate > their stance on

OT: geda, ngspice and exporting figures for Latex

2005-09-09 Thread H. S.
Hi, I posted first to sci.electronics.design, but it seems to be quite noisy. So trying my luck here. I am currently experimenting with geda and ngspice to simulate basic circuits (for a Circuits Analysis course) and I am only starting to learn how to draw and simulate circuits. I drew a basic c

kde 3.4.2 avialabe, any problems?

2005-09-09 Thread H. S.
I see that KDE 3.4.2 is and now available; I can now install kde or kdebase or kde-core without any problems to dselect. Before I dive into it, I just wanted to if anyone has tried this and has had any problems? Only a few days ago, I couldn't install kdebase but kde-core seemed to be okay. I gue

quanta and bluefish project files sharing

2005-09-03 Thread H. S.
Hi, I have been using quanta for the last week to see how it performs. It looks quite impressing and so far it is going pretty well (though I haven't looked at all it's features). One little quirk I have noticed is that quanta doesn't auto indent .php files (or I am missing something). I am goin

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jiann-Ming Su_, on 24/08/05 13:15,typed: > On 8/24/05, H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>As I said, the laptop is not always on so most of the backups will be >>skipped. To avoid that, I am looking for a script to call on the laptop. >>A user can just

Re: making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jiann-Ming Su_, on 24/08/05 12:04,typed: > > You may want to take a look at > http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ > as well. Right, I will. Thanks. > > Mount the NTFS partition and back it up when you back up the linux > /home partition? > As I said, the laptop

Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

2005-08-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _David Christensen_, on 24/08/05 00:56,typed: > debian users: > > I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that my reply > went to the message author and not to the list. It is my understanding that > the Hi, Have you tried reading the lists through Gname (g

making backup using rsync in home LAN

2005-08-23 Thread H. S.
Hi, I backup my data on my home machine using a rsync script (http://www.tux.org/~tbr/rsync/rsynchowto.html website was extremely helpful). The machine runs Debian Testing, 2.6.11 kernel. My OS is on /dev/hda and backups are done on /dev/hdb. My wife uses a laptop which has Debian Unstable and W

Re: mozilla security: hangs after clicking on binary file

2005-08-22 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 22/08/05 18:39,typed: > Hi, > > Due to the various sshd dictionary (apparent) attacks I have been > observing in my syslog, I tried a little seach on what script or worm or > bot is doing this and discovered this site: > http://dev.gentoo.org/~krispykringle/sshnotes.txt >

mozilla security: hangs after clicking on binary file

2005-08-22 Thread H. S.
Hi, Due to the various sshd dictionary (apparent) attacks I have been observing in my syslog, I tried a little seach on what script or worm or bot is doing this and discovered this site: http://dev.gentoo.org/~krispykringle/sshnotes.txt When I click on sshf on this url: http://dev.gentoo.org/~kr

Re: using sudo to install/remove packages

2005-08-20 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Vincent Lefevre_, on 20/08/05 09:35,typed: > On 2005-08-19 21:50:41 -0400, H. S. wrote: > > > Yes, except that it doesn't need to take care of anything: it is > run as root, so any command it will start will also run as root. > Ah! Thanks a ton. ->

Re: ethtool and mii-tool cannot read eth0 NIC

2005-08-19 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Henrique de Moraes Holschuh_, on 19/08/05 23:18,typed: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, H. S. wrote: > >>How do I making these commands work, if at all possible? > > > You write the relevant kernel code to support them for the dmfe driver :-( > And if I were able t

ethtool and mii-tool cannot read eth0 NIC

2005-08-19 Thread H. S.
Hi, A P4 running Debian unstable and 2.6.12-1-686 has a Davicom nic: :02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31) It used to use tulip driver but IIRC in 2.6.12 kernel dmfe driver is necessary to make it work. The problem is t

using sudo to install/remove packages

2005-08-19 Thread H. S.
I am beginning to discover sudo for package management on my Testing machine. Here is what I just set up using visudo: #users that can install remove programs User_Alias ADMINS = me Cmnd_Alias ADMINCOMMANDS = /usr/bin/apt-get ADMINS ALL=ADMINCOMMANDS This will do the job of installing/remov

apt-listbugs fails to find listed bugs

2005-08-19 Thread H. S.
Since for the past quite a few days, when I upgrade my Testing based machine running 2.6.11, apt-listbugs cannot find any bugs. If any bugs are reported during the upgrade process and I choose to view the bug by typing the bug number, the ncurses based interface tries to connect over the internet

font size in xine's file browser dialog

2005-08-18 Thread H. S.
Hi, Anybody know how to change the fonts in Xine's file browser's dialogbox? Currently, on my Testing machine running xine-ui 0.99.3-1, the fonts are too small (screen resolution of 1792x1344). Perhaps I just need the right option to set in .Xdefaults(?) thanks, ->HS -- Please remove the unde

Re: upgraded from FC2 --> FC3 successfully

2005-08-13 Thread H. S.
John Fleming wrote: Sure sounds like a lot of work compared with apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade. Actually it is. Apt-get in Debian is waaay much easier and more convenient than either the upgrading Fedora from CDs or through yum. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: upgraded from FC2 --> FC3 successfully

2005-08-13 Thread H. S.
Wrong newsgroup selected in Mozilla reader :( Please ignore this message. Terribly sorry for posting this off topic here. It was unintentional. ->HS H. S. wrote: Hi, This is just to describe how I upgraded from FC2 to FC3 successfully using the upgrade option from the FC3 CDs. Bef

upgraded from FC2 --> FC3 successfully

2005-08-13 Thread H. S.
Hi, This is just to describe how I upgraded from FC2 to FC3 successfully using the upgrade option from the FC3 CDs. Before I started the process, I by chance noted that my FC2 installation has some packages installed twice. I got a list by using the following command (found on google): rpm

how do I change language in Gnome

2005-08-09 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am running testing on a PIV and 2.6.11 kernel. In KDE, I can change my desktop lanuage using the Region Settings in Kontrol center and it works properly. Howerever, I haven't been able to change my desktop lanuage in Gnome. Any suggestions on how to go about it? thanks, ->HS -- Please re

Re: udev and kernel 2.6.12

2005-08-09 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Žáček Kryštof_, on 09/08/05 02:31,typed: > Strange thing. If I type > > # apt-cache policy udev > > then I see that the current version of udev is 0.065-1. Do you have your > /etc/apt/sources.list set correctly to unstable? > > Furthermore, there is apparently something wrong with

different network speeds in two directions

2005-08-08 Thread H. S.
Hi, In my home network, I have a Testing based router that has eth1 connected to my ADSL modem and eth0 connected to my LAN switch. The router computer is a Pentium III (Katmai), 449.02MHz with 159.360 MB RAM total. All my home machines are connection to the switch. One of my home machines is Pe

Re: PAM using php

2005-08-06 Thread H S Rai
Friday at 11:12am -0400 [KS] wrote: > Did you try: $> apt-get install php4-auth-pam Oh! Thankyou KS. My stupidness! To make it working I need to make shadow file readable to all. Is there any better way than that. Thank you very much. -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: udev - easy setup ?

2005-08-05 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Nate Bargmann_, on 05/08/05 13:15,typed: > * H. S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Aug 05 10:54 -0500]: > >>You are not supposed to yant it like that, neither in Windows not in >>Linux. In Windows, you "Safely Remove" a USB device and in Linux you >

Re: udev - easy setup ?

2005-08-05 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Nate Bargmann_, on 05/08/05 08:03,typed: > * Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Aug 05 01:15 -0500]: > > >>The message I half-finished writing and accidentally sent, the one that >>mentions "Apple developer documents". I discovered that the only >>interesting parts of Apple's s

PAM using php

2005-08-05 Thread H S Rai
Yesterday at 8:46pm -0700 Vinu Balaji wrote: I tried to use pam_auth http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~ccunning/pam_auth/ on Debian with PHP 4.3.10-15, ./configure gave following error: checking for pam_appl.h... checking for pam_start in -lpam... no configure: error: could not find pam_sta

how to make dselect "forgot" what it wants to remove

2005-08-03 Thread H. S.
Hi, If I do an update using dselect and it reports that n packages will be installed and nnn will be removed, and I abort dselect (thinking to do it later hoping newer packages will resolve the issue), I notice that the next time if I start dselect it still remembers which packages it wanted to u

Re: How to stop X, to get a text mode console (new to Debian, need help)

2005-08-02 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Kent West_, on 02/08/05 11:40,typed: >> >> > startx > > or > > /etc/init.d/gdm start > > or > > /etc/init.d/kdm start > Just a related question. Should "startx" be run as root(it will a desktop for root)? Aren't the second or third options you mentioned the proper way? ->HS

Re: Debian Sarge with 2.6.8 V.S. Canon Powershot A520

2005-07-31 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Dan R. Hunt_, on 31/07/05 17:34,typed: > I am running Sarge with a 2.6.8-2-k7 Kernel and I want to view/copy > the pictures on my new Canon Powershot A520 in via the USB cable and > gthumb or similar GUI. > > I need advice, how do I get 'this camera' working? I have been > removing t

"bad cookies" in ayttm and MSN connection

2005-07-28 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am using Ayttm(0.4.6+26-1) on Debian Testing. For quite a few weeks, I am not able to connect to my MSN hotmail account. Trying to do so gives the error: Could not connect to MSN HTTPS server (bad cookies) However, people tell me they can connect via Gaim. Just wondering if anybody knows

xscreensaver preferences menu entry gone in Gnome

2005-07-27 Thread H. S.
Hi, Since a few days I have noticed that there no Xscreensaver entry in Applications->Desktop Preferences->Advanced menu of Gnome. This menu entry used to bring up the preferences dialog of xscreensaver which can be obtained from a command prompt by: $ xscreensaver-command -prefs Any idea what

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:33,typed: > relogin from where? I am not getting the question. sorry. You are probably using either Gnome or KDE. First, logout from your current session. Then login again. The relogin is needed to make you belong to the cdrom group. ->HS -- Please remov

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 22:12,typed: > Tried that but didn't work. This is what I did to k3b: > > marked to the cdrom group. after this ... er .. pardon my probably reduntant question, but, just to be thorough, did you relogin (and confirmed you belong to cdrom group using the "grou

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 21:29,typed: > no. Right. Add yourself to the cdrom group, relogin and try burning again. ->HS PS: For various things to work for me, I am in the following groups(in addition to my own(user's)): cdrom floppy audio src video staff plugdev camera -- Please re

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 21:00,typed: > Tried couple of them. The funny thing is that K3b and natilus recognize > my Sony Burner but would not burn to the CD. I am not sure if this matters for this problem, but are you in cdrom group? ->HS -- Please remove the underscores ( the

Re: CD Burner

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rajiv Vyas_, on 25/07/05 20:18,typed: > I am looking for a simple straight forward CD Burner. Any suggestions? > > Rajiv > best for me, YMMV, in order of preference: (in terms of features) 1) cdrecord package commands 2) k3b 3) gnome nautilus cd burner (in terms of use for simple d

Re: USB Pen / Thumb / Keyring Drive

2005-07-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Graham Smith_, on 25/07/05 11:42,typed: > Hi, > > I was just given a small USB pen drive and would like to get it working with > Debian. I am sure you are probable thinking "Oh god not another n00b that > can't mount a drive" but thankfully you would be wrong. I don't have any > pr

Re: Debian-Installer (testing) doesn't even boot...

2005-07-19 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H.A.J. Koster_, on 07/19/2005 02:15 PM,typed: Hi, Tried to install testing (Etch) with debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso dated 13 July 2005, but after the boot: prompt I get the message "Could not find kernel image: /install/2.6/linux". I looked on the CD, Same thing happened with

xorg and nvidia drivers and removal of gdm etc.

2005-07-17 Thread H. S.
I am trying to fully convert to Xorg in a Sid machine in my home network. The problem is something to do with nvidia-glx, which upon trying to be installed complains: ~# apt-get -s install nvidia-glx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installe

Re: 2.6.11 and udev

2005-07-17 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jules Dubois_, on 15/07/05 14:37,typed: > > You can downgrade to udev 0.056-3, and put udev 0.062-4 on hold for the > present. > > That is exactly what I did. thanks, ->HS -- Please remove the underscores ( the '_' symbols) from my email address to obtain the correct one. Apol

Re: failing to upgrade udev

2005-07-15 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Rogério Brito_, on 07/15/2005 12:18 PM,typed: On Jul 15 2005, Jon Roed wrote: Preparing to replace udev 0.056-3 (using .../archives/udev_0.062-4_i386.deb) ... The important part is this: udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12, upgrade aborted. Upgrade your kernel and everything

Re: 2.6.11 and udev

2005-07-15 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Paul Scott_, on 07/15/2005 12:37 PM,typed: H. S. wrote: Apparently, _H. S._, on 15/07/05 09:26,typed: How come udev package has been upgraded in Sid without any warning that 2.6.12 is required for the new version? We upgraded a Sid machine running 2.6.11 and got new version of

Re: 2.6.11 and udev

2005-07-15 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 15/07/05 09:26,typed: > How come udev package has been upgraded in Sid without any warning that > 2.6.12 is required for the new version? We upgraded a Sid machine > running 2.6.11 and got new version of udev with no dependency indication > that 2.6.12 is required. > > > -

2.6.11 and udev

2005-07-15 Thread H. S.
How come udev package has been upgraded in Sid without any warning that 2.6.12 is required for the new version? We upgraded a Sid machine running 2.6.11 and got new version of udev with no dependency indication that 2.6.12 is required. ->HS -- Please remove the underscores ( the '_' symbols)

Re: gnome-session updated and lost sound on Sarge

2005-07-15 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 13/07/05 12:41,typed: > I upgraded gnome-session to 2.10.0-5 last night on my Sarge, 2.6.11, on > a PIV. After that, I logged out of Gnome and couldn't login back. The > login process 'hanged' on the gray screen that comes just, before the > splash screen appears. > > I th

gnome-session updated and lost sound on Sarge

2005-07-13 Thread H. S.
I upgraded gnome-session to 2.10.0-5 last night on my Sarge, 2.6.11, on a PIV. After that, I logged out of Gnome and couldn't login back. The login process 'hanged' on the gray screen that comes just, before the splash screen appears. I then deleted everything that belonged to me in /tmp (gconfd*

Re: xmms doesn't play streams, complains couldn't connect to host

2005-06-30 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Bill Marcum_, on 30/06/05 18:13,typed: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 04:35:57PM -0400, H. S. wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I am trying to make xmms play streams from websites and cannot get mp3 >>streams to work. From this page: >>http://dir.xiph.org/index.php &

xmms doesn't play streams, complains couldn't connect to host

2005-06-30 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am trying to make xmms play streams from websites and cannot get mp3 streams to work. From this page: http://dir.xiph.org/index.php I have tried Ogg streams on xmms and they work. The MP3 ones do not. While trying to play an MP3 stream (.m3u file?), xmms reports "Couldn't connect to host:

USB card reader prevents Sid from booting

2005-06-25 Thread H. S.
Hi, If I boot a Sid system running 2.6.11-1-686 while a USB multi-card reader is plugged into a USB port, the boot process hangs. I get the grub menu and when I select the kernel to boot from, the screen goes blank and nothing happens at all. If I boot by disconnecting the card reader, all is norm

Re: cdda2wav giving more than 700 MB of wav files

2005-06-25 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Brendon Lloyd Higgins_, on 24/06/05 00:56,typed: > H. S. wrote (Friday 24 June 2005 8:23 am): > >>While making a backup a music CD, I noticed that I am getting around >>728MB of wav files from the original. > > > If I understand the process correctly, t

Re: XP-Debian dual boot with grub

2005-06-24 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Marcelo Chiapparini_, on 24/06/05 19:25,typed: > Hello, > > I have a machine with Win XP installed. I want to install sarge in the > same machine in order to have a dual boot system. I want to use Grub as > the main boot loader. Does exist a how-to in some place? I din't find > anythi

cdda2wav giving more than 700 MB of wav files

2005-06-23 Thread H. S.
While making a backup a music CD, I noticed that I am getting around 728MB of wav files from the original. I am using grip to rip the CD using the cdda2wav command. The rip command in grip is: -D %C -x -t %t -L 1 -O wav %w Since I am not familiar with cdda2wav, I was just wondering how does the r

Re: gnome system sounds crackling (or hoarse) after upgrade

2005-06-23 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _David Roguin_, on 23/06/05 09:47,typed: > i have the same deal, i believe the GStreamer is still buggy. > maybe has something to be with lack of RAM? The desktop I mentioned earlier running Sarge has 256MB and the laptop I had mentioned earlier has 512MB. With the sound distortion the

Re: possible solution for eth0 eth1 mixup on boot

2005-06-23 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Chris Bannister_, on 23/06/05 12:30,typed: > Hi, > > Try setting Plug-n-Play to NO/OFF/FALSE in bios > > HTH > There are around 3 method to do so (learned while googling for the problem, maybe somewhere metioned them on this list too, not sure). I chose an easier one. I just mentio

Re: CDROM was confusing the drive: copy protection

2005-06-23 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Jim Hall_, on 23/06/05 11:15,typed: > > > For those of us who haven't run into this situation yet, could you > please explain how the marker helped. > > Jim > > I searched google when I realized the CD was not a standard audio disk (did not have Compact Disc digital audio logo).

Re: CDROM was confusing the drive: copy protection

2005-06-22 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Brendon Lloyd Higgins_, on 22/06/05 21:16,typed: > I'm afraid I can't really help, but... > > H. S. wrote (Wednesday 22 June 2005 5:12 pm): > >>player to obtain it's lossless wma version of the tracks. Do I have to > > > ... isn

Re: gnome system sounds crackling (or hoarse) after upgrade

2005-06-22 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 20/06/05 15:49,typed: > Hi, > > I am having this strange problem. I recently upgraded a laptop running > Debian Unstable and a dektop running Debian Testing. Both machines now > have a faulty Gnome session sounds(login sound, logout sound, system > sounds). The sounds seem

CDROM was confusing the drive: copy protection

2005-06-22 Thread H. S.
Today a friend of mine tried to play his CD on my computer running Debian Sarge but couldn't. He asked if he was doing something wrong and I looked into the problem. The disc was 'confusing the drive'. I tried playing it with xmms and the CD player in gnome but both hanged. For a moment I thought

Re: Too many annoying windows! How to i make it use the same one??

2005-06-21 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Trevor C. Pankonien_, on 21/06/05 11:59,typed: > I've been looking through every config file i can imagine and I've > gotten nothing. Is there any way to make debian open a folder inside > the same window, instead of opening a new window each time? it gets to > be kind of annoying whe

gnome system sounds crackling (or hoarse) after upgrade

2005-06-20 Thread H. S.
Hi, I am having this strange problem. I recently upgraded a laptop running Debian Unstable and a dektop running Debian Testing. Both machines now have a faulty Gnome session sounds(login sound, logout sound, system sounds). The sounds seem to crackle (as if there is static in them or as if they s

[Solved, but] Re: grub savedefault and saved does not seem to work

2005-05-20 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 21/04/05 00:04,typed: > > Hi, > > On a newly installed Debian Sid on an Inspiron 5160, I notice that grub > always boots from the first entry even though I have "default saved" in > the menu.lst file and all the stanzas have the savedefault keywork in > them. Am I missing

Re: which is the module for CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=m

2005-05-20 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 20/05/05 00:29,typed: > I am trying to make cpufreq work on a Dell Inspiron 5160. I have acpi > working and acpid and cpufreqd running in 2.6.10 kernel (running Debian > Sarge). However, while reading up on frequency scaling, I see that I can > manually change the frequency

which is the module for CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=m

2005-05-19 Thread H. S.
I am trying to make cpufreq work on a Dell Inspiron 5160. I have acpi working and acpid and cpufreqd running in 2.6.10 kernel (running Debian Sarge). However, while reading up on frequency scaling, I see that I can manually change the frequency with : echo 180 > scaling_setspeed and also chan

Re: vpnc client in debian: setup for normal users

2005-05-19 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _H. S._, on 19/05/05 16:24,typed: > > Here is the sudo config I am using to allow users 'user1' and 'user2' to > using VPN: > # > ~# cat /etc/sudoers > # /etc/sudoers > # > # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. > # >

Re: vpnc client in debian: setup for normal users

2005-05-19 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Dennis Stosberg_, on 21/04/05 13:46,typed: > Am 21.04.2005 um 13:18 schrieb H. S.: > > >>What do others use for using vpnc-connect and vpnc-disconnect? And to >>make these commands abstract from normal users. > > > As always, there is more than

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