Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
all things working now. Man, what a frustration.  Otherwise, the bullseye upgrade has been flawless for me so far. On 8/25/21 2:30 PM, James D Freels wrote: Thanks for responding Georgi, I had already tried "alsactl init" earlier based on other advise found on the WWW.  However, I d

Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
message, nor how to correct it. The alsamixer seems to work fine as expected and indicates I have the sound card active and should hear sound. But, it only provides actual sound if I am root. On 8/25/21 1:28 PM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote: Hi James, try to run: # alsactl init as root, reboot a

Re: problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-25 Thread James D Freels
over every occurrence of a pulseaudio configuration file on my system for a clue Any help appreciated.  Is there a good troubleshoot procedure for debian/11/bullseye sound problems ? On 8/24/21 3:05 PM, James D Freels wrote: Hello, I am a long-time debian user, and just recently upgraded my bus

problem with sound for bullseye upgrade on amd64: must be root for sound to work on my machine

2021-08-24 Thread James D Freels
xygen     Kernel modules: snd_oxygen Nothing has changed with the hardware, and I know the setup works.  This seems to be a permissions/software issue. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D., P.E. freel...@gmail.com 865-457-6742 (landline) 865-919-0320 (cell)

Debian/Etch/4.0 upgrade experience

2007-04-15 Thread James D. Freels
Essentially flawless ! I have upgraded two i386 and one amd64 machines from sarge to etch. Except for configuration files that I changed myself, it was clean and straight forward. I am VERY impressed. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Windmills can't even produce eno

Re: MD5SUMS/SHA1SUMS files correct ?

2007-04-12 Thread Freels, James D.
necessary. Thanks for the help. On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 13:43 -0400, Freels, James D. wrote: > Folks, I have downloaded the new dvd images from both the original > source here: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r0/i386/iso-dvd/ > > and a mirror here: > > http://debian.c

MD5SUMS/SHA1SUMS files correct ?

2007-04-10 Thread Freels, James D.
appear to actually be good images, so I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem. I noticed the dates of the sums files appeared newer. Before I file a bug, can others verify this ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Windmills can&#

kernel security patch howto ?

2006-02-07 Thread Freels, James D.
there a way to incrementally patch to minimize the compile time ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.comsol.com/stories/hfir/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Recall: Access Denied when connecting via Apache

2004-10-25 Thread James D. Parra
James D. Parra would like to recall the message, "Access Denied when connecting via Apache". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Access Denied when connecting via Apache

2004-10-25 Thread James D. Parra
Hello, Installed OpenGroupware on Debian Woody, however after setting up Apache as the front end I get the following error from OpenGroupware when trying to connect from the client machine' browser; Oct 25 14:14:21 OpenGroupware [427]: WOHttpAdaptor: ACCESS DENIED: The client machine name resol

[Fwd: [connector] comments/questions on evolution, evolution-exchange 2.0.2 (Debian/Sid)]

2004-10-25 Thread James D. Freels
Forwarded Message From: James D. Freels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [connector] comments/questions on evolution, evolution-exchange 2.0.2 (Debian/Sid) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:37:06 -0400 I remo

strange error in mozilla-firefox under Debian/Sid

2004-08-17 Thread James D. Freels
: class="t ^ I have disabled about every option (plugins, etc.) and still this shows up. Also every web page including a blank page this shows up. It is such a nuisance, I cannot use it. Anyone else seen this before I file a bug report ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

problem with X-4.3 + flat panels using dvi cables and nvidia graphics card

2004-05-13 Thread James D. Freels
) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (**) Logitech Trackman Wheel: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extende

Re: IA32 5336 NV driver and SMP Debian/Woody system: unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus

2004-04-13 Thread James D. Freels
This problem was fixed by disabling the MODVERSIONS option in the kernel configuration and rebuilding the kernel. On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:11, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a Debian/Woody/Stable system with a NVIDIA XFX FX-5200 card > installed in the AGP slot. I am running 2.4.25 in sm

Re: NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-09 Thread James D. Freels
ing lockups with a Linux UP machine and have this option set, try disabling local APIC support. On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 22:06, Luke Reeves wrote: > I'd guess that's the problem.. According to the NVidia documents APIC > should be disabled since it can cause inst

Re: NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-09 Thread James D. Freels
Thu, 2004-04-08 at 23:13, Luke Reeves wrote: > Do you have local APIC turned on or off in your kernel configuration? > > Luke Reeves > http://www.neuro-tech.net/ > > James D. Freels wrote: > > I have a Debian/Woody distribution installed on a new dual-Xeon 4GB

NVIDIA-installer for 5336 incompatible with Debian/Woody and 2.4.25 kernel

2004-04-08 Thread James D. Freels
correctly. Under kernel 2.6.5 (self compiled), SMP-mode, the nvidia installer works correctly. I think there is an incompatibility with the first configuration. Anyone else agree ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

IA32 5336 NV driver and SMP Debian/Woody system: unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
r example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
I interpreted this option as only for USB devices. Is this not so ? On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 11:17, Sayan wrote: > James D. Freels wrote: > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to compile a kernel for and find > > the keyboard. I know that the keyboard is working because I can

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-06 Thread James D. Freels
, the keyboard is not recognized. This is a weird problem that I think is rooted in a buggy bios. I am not going to see if Tyan has a firmware update for this bios. On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 11:34, James D. Freels wrote: > Hello Debian Users ! > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
back to the BIOS, only 3GB of the 4GB of memory is recognized by the bios. Still debugging... On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:03, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a previously-compiled SMP kernel that indeed does find the > keyboard. However, I modified the .config file to include the > addition

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
previously-compiled kernel. --frustrating... On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:33, James D. Freels wrote: > It is a PS/2 keyboard. > > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:02, Sebastiaan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, James D. Freels wrote: > > > > > Hello Debian Us

Re: trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
It is a PS/2 keyboard. On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:02, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, James D. Freels wrote: > > > Hello Debian Users ! > > > > I have a new system that I cannot seem to compile a kernel for and find > > the keyboard. I know th

trouble with finding the keyboard

2004-04-05 Thread James D. Freels
et # # Bluetooth support # # CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=0 # # Cryptographic options # # CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set # # Library routines # # CONFIG_CRC32 is not set CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y # CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE is not set -- J

mozilla-firebird bookmarks import: howto ?

2003-12-10 Thread James D. Freels
I have an html file containing collected bookmarks from opera. I want to import them into mozilla-firebird. I use manage bookmarks->import->opera6.html. However, they do not appear and are not saved. I can view the opera6.html file just fine within the browser. -- James D. Freels, Ph.

strange behavior with keys and virtual windows

2003-10-29 Thread James D. Freels
ing ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-24 Thread James D. Freels
print the directory listing. Under Linux, the Konqueror browser/file manager does not have this feature (in fact disables the print icon). Under Windows, I-Explorer does not have this feature. On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 18:08, Freels, James D. wrote: > Can you figure out a way to get a listing of

RE: classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-24 Thread James D. Freels
prints from Windows. > > RW > > -Original Message- > From: Lindsley, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:56 AM > To: Freels, James D.; ORNL Linux Users; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Victor R. Cain > Subject: RE: cl

classic deficiancy in both windows and linux ?

2003-10-23 Thread James D. Freels
Can you figure out a way to get a listing of a directory (folder in Windows) and print it, without resorting to command prompt ? The only way I could find was to save a bit map to the clipboard, then paste the clipboard contents into another application, then print. Any other ideas ? -- James

WordPerfect8 on Debian/Sid ?

2003-10-22 Thread James D. Freels
8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol '_rtld_global' I would like to set up a wrapper script that sets up these variables temporarily just to run wordperfect. How do I do that ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

trouble linking with libc6-dev in Sid

2003-09-15 Thread Freels, James D.
+0x11): In function `_start': : undefined reference to `__libc_csu_init' since /usr/lib/crt1.o is from the libc6-dev package, I have a problem. Is there a way to create a static-executable from a Debian/Stable machine to perform this link ? Is there another way to work around this proble

printing problem with evolution

2003-08-02 Thread Freels, James D.
loaded into the printer.  But, nothing comes out of the printer and then the lights stop blinking.  So, somewhere between the CUPS test page and the evolution print page, there is a disconnect. Please help and make a recommendation. Thanks... -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National

evolution import kmail files ?

2003-06-16 Thread James D. Freels
I am experimenting with evolution. Previously, I have exclusively used kmail. Is there a way to import existing kmail folders into evolution ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ximian dropping Debian ?

2003-06-07 Thread James D. Freels
mian cut off Debian ? Debian is a strong supporter of gnome which Ximian depends on. Second, how could the product not work anyway provided all the supporting Linux libraries were also loaded ? Do they have some type of check to see if I am running RedHat before Connector will run ? Conf

Debian/Sid system no longer able to execute WordPerfect

2003-05-27 Thread James D. Freels
;t resolve symbol 'transientShellWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'compositeWidgetClass' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolve symbol 'XtStrings' /commercial/wordperfect8.0/wpbin/xwp: can't resolv

Backported openoffice and freetype

2003-04-02 Thread James D Strandboge
I am the maintainer of the gnome 2.2 backport for woody, and I have been getting a lot of questions regarding the semi-official backport of openoffice for woody. It depends on woody's libfreetype, whereas my gnome 2.2 backport needs freetype 2.1.3 (and xfree86 4.2 for that matter). I personally h

Re: error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1:

2003-04-02 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 03:32, Zeno Davatz wrote: > Hi List > > Just upgraded my packages for Xwindows to unstable and downgraded them > again. Gnome 1.4 started fine with Startx. > > Gnome 2.2 gives me: > > error while loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1: > when I do startx > > ~/.xsession-e

Re: gnome 2.2 post-install: icon theme doesn't load,theme-manager segfaults

2003-04-01 Thread James D Strandboge
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 20:35, Chris Metzler wrote: > When this occurred, I decided to try and fix it manually by setting the > icon theme through gnome-theme-manager . . .which brings up the second > problem. However I try to start it, gnome-theme-manager immediately segfaults. > I have an strace

Re: acme on gnome2.2

2003-03-26 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 16:45, Praveen Kallakuri wrote: > WARNING: Unsanitized content follows. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > hello there > > i have been using acme2.0-1woody1 on gnome2.2 (backport provided by > evil-geniuses planet server). > > i had all the multimedia key

Re: syncing m130 with debian and possible gtk problems

2003-03-26 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 01:23, Erinn wrote: > When I try to sync using Evolution it gives me an error saying: > > Unknown pilot - no pilots match ID 27707 > Use gnomecc to set pilot's ID > Yes, but evolution 1.2 allows you to set the pilot up within evolution. Tools/Pilot Settings Ja

Re: Status of Testing

2003-03-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 19:17, Bill Moseley wrote: > Can someone fill me in on the status of Testing -- I have not updated my > Testing/Unstable machine for a while (IIRC the glibc issue??). > > On my desktop and development machines I have a mix of testing and > unstable packages. I've needed the

Re: Gnome 2 user guide--how do I read it.

2003-03-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 00:35, James D Strandboge wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 20:09, Gaute B Strokkenes wrote: > > Also, most of the files in /usr/share/omf/gnome-applet contain > > hardcoded references to /home/james: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/o

Re: Gnome 2 user guide--how do I read it.

2003-03-24 Thread James D Strandboge
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 20:09, Gaute B Strokkenes wrote: > On 20 mar 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 08:09, Andy Hurt wrote: > >>I found the Gnome 2 backport to Woody a bit underpopulated, in > >>general. And a few things just plain didn't work . . . > > > >Are we talking abo

pam_limits behavior on woody

2003-03-24 Thread James D Strandboge
I am using woody and had this in /etc/security/limits.conf: backup hardfsize 1 * hardfsize 10 The idea is that backup should have a file limit size of 100Gb, with all other users have a file limit size of 100Mb. The problem is the above doesn't work. I can't get bac

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-21 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 18:14, Simon Tod wrote: > The gnome 2.0 lines are out of my sources.list! > Even forcing 'apt-get install xfree86-common' from > people.debian.org/~blade doesn't seem to do the trick; > there must be other dependency issues as to why > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade' wasn't

libxrender pacakges to fix xft2 crashes (esp mozilla) underxfree86 4.2

2003-03-21 Thread James D Strandboge
The render code in xfree86 that is in xfree86 4.2.1 has a bug which will cause xft2 enabled apps (like mozilla and gnome 2.2) to crash if strings are too long. See: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186704 Though mozilla triggers this quite frequently, any xft2 enabled app is affected

Re: Gnome 2 user guide--how do I read it.

2003-03-20 Thread James D Strandboge
On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 08:09, Andy Hurt wrote: > I found the Gnome 2 backport to Woody a bit underpopulated, in general. And a > few things just plain didn't work . . . Are we talking about gnome2 or the gnome2.2 backport? If gnome2.2, I'd like to know what doesn't work for you or what is missin

Re: Gnome 2 user guide--how do I read it.

2003-03-20 Thread James D Strandboge
On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 08:09, Andy Hurt wrote: > I found the Gnome 2 backport to Woody a bit underpopulated, in general. And a > few things just plain didn't work . . . > Are we talking about gnome2 or the gnome2.2 backport? If gnome2.2, I'd like to know what doesn't work for you-- maybe I can f

Re: Gnucash errors in unstable

2003-03-19 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 00:56, Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > David Z Maze wrote: > > Have you looked at the Debian Bug Tracking System? There are, in > > fact, bugs against both gnucash (184683) and libgwrapguile1 (184681) > > about this. (http://bugs.debian.org/) Poking around suggests that > > the

Re: gnome2.2 backport mirror has changed

2003-03-19 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 05:32, Simon Tod wrote: > > Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.2.1) but 2.0.9-1 is to be > installed > Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.2.1) but 1.0.5-3 is to be > installed > > BUT, the new libgtk2.0-0 and libpango1.0-0 are > definately there... so adding them, and > libgtk2.0-common

Re: VMware 3.2 and Debian Woody

2003-02-20 Thread James D Strandboge
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 12:09, Alfredo J. Cole wrote: > Hi: > > I am trying to install Woody in a VMware virtual machine. VMware emulates a > BusLogic scsi adapter, and I think I must pass a BusLogic=iobase parameter > when booting. The problem is I don't know what parameters to pass. If > somebo

Re: Gnome2.2 backport for Debian Woody available for download

2003-02-20 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 09:53, James D Strandboge wrote: > I recommend exiting gnome if you are currently in it. To install, simply do: > apt-get update > apt-get install gnome-core gdm gtk2-engines* > There is a build dependency in libxft2-dev that requires xlibs 4.2.1, however th

Gnome2.2 backport for Debian Woody available for download

2003-02-19 Thread James D Strandboge
First of all, a big thanks to all the Debian maintainers for making such good source packages. They did all the real work. Also, thank you DebianPlanet.org for hosting the archive of my gnome2.2 backport for Debian Woody. The upgrade has been smooth for me from gnome 1.4 (woody) as well as from

Re: need help on using acpi for power management

2003-02-13 Thread James D. Freels
Never mind here. I discovered my newly compiled kernel was not getting liloed correctly. All is well now! On Thursday 13 February 2003 14:38, James D. Freels wrote: > Hello All ! > > I have been fortunate enough for my employer to have acquired me a new > machine on which I

need help on using acpi for power management

2003-02-13 Thread James D. Freels
complete shutdown, power down the machine 2) enable standby or shutdown mode of various components (monitor, drives, etc.) 3) generally experiment with ACPI Where can I go to get help on this ? -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

new trouble printing from current Debian/Sid system

2003-01-31 Thread James D. Freels
us: no identifier for 'hfA603' > > Need help.. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lv vs. more as PAGER

2002-09-30 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 22:42, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Sep 28, 2002, James D Strandboge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I like when using 'more' as the pager, manpages aren't cleared from the > > screen after quitting man. Can lv do this as well? Haven&#x

lv vs. more as PAGER

2002-09-27 Thread James D Strandboge
I like when using 'more' as the pager, manpages aren't cleared from the screen after quitting man. Can lv do this as well? Haven't been able to find anything. Jamie Strandboge -- Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638

Re: Comments on the new gnome-terminal.

2002-06-30 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 12:57, Steve Juranich wrote: > Last night, while I was doing my nightly 'apt-get dist-upgrade', I caught the > new gnome-terminal package (2.0). I can't help but saying that I think it > really stinks. :< > Too bad-- I love the tabbed terminals > It grabbed this huge 100d

log file size due to unwanted messages

2002-06-27 Thread James D. Freels
or looking at large log files, but I just want to not have them in the first place. Please respond via e-mail. Any help appreciated... -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: usbdrive etc.

2002-06-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 21:49, Andrew Perrin wrote: > In case anyone's interested, I've got this working fine (and it wasn't > hard). I've posted tips for it on my computer tips page, > http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin/tips > > ap > I bought a Trek thumbdrive from compusa, and it works fine too. The

Re: RAM upgrade == Kernel Panic

2002-06-12 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 20:48, Tom Allison wrote: > >>I upgraded my RAM to replace the current 128M to 768M > >> > >>Now, when I boot it panics with a message that VFS can't mount > >>the root device at 03:02. > >> > > > > > I selected the limit of 768M based on conversations with the MOBO MFG > a

open URL link to Mozilla from Kmail ?

2002-06-09 Thread James D. Freels
, then change to the Mozilla window and manually insert the URL and open. This is not convenient ! Please respond by e-mail if possible. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpg123 http://scastsrv2.shoutcast.com:8048/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

samba messages: what do they mean ?

2002-05-22 Thread James D. Freels
[2002/05/20 10:31:20, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer [2002/05/20 12:23:30, 0] lib/util_sock.c:write_socket_data(500) write_socket_data: write failure. Error = Connection reset by peer -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D

Another OpenOffice.org workaround: printing and anti-aliased font problem

2002-05-15 Thread James D Strandboge
There are bug reports on this, but it took me a while to find them, so I thought I would pass this along. OOo 1.0 has problems with printing and anti-aliased fonts on my system. I looked it up and found that if you disable the font cache, printing and anti-aliased fonts worked correctly. Here is

Re: X just locks up

2002-05-11 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 09:41, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Hey people. Has anyone just had X suddenly lock up their box? To rule out > configuration problems, I just ran /etc/X11/X, and watched my laptop lock up. > It was working, and then I installed gdm. Since then I've reinstalled all the > X

Re: Woody: apt mysteriously wants to pull in 100 MB from sid. Why?

2002-05-07 Thread James D Strandboge
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 13:01, Mario Vukelic wrote: > *** /etc/apt/preferences with this content: > Package:* > Pin: release a=woody > Pin-Priority: 900 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=sid > Pin-Priority: 600 > If you put in /etc/apt/preferences just: Package: *

Re: Intermittent System Lockup (long)

2002-04-17 Thread James D Strandboge
> Originally, I suspected the problem had something to do with system load > and that it was simply happening more often with Mozilla due to the load > that Mozilla placed on the system. Then I suspected that the problem > might be memory related and only showing itself when the system was using >

Re: ATI Radeon 8500 on Debian Woody?

2002-04-06 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 01:43, Ren Haddock wrote: > Has anybody been able to get a radeon 8500 to work using XFree86 4.1, as > included in Debian woody? > > The only way I can get it to work is to use vesa, and although I can put up > with the horribly slow speed, the refresh rate is brutal to look

Re: Chart drawing soft ?

2002-04-05 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 20:01, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > Hi all ! > > I would like to know what are the tools available out there to make > some fancy network drawings. I like dia. It is great with UML and I have used it with networking diagrams. Jamie Strandboge -- Email:[EMAIL PROTEC

How to set up apt-get to use connect through a proxy

2002-04-04 Thread James D.
Hi,I've just succeeded installing woody on my new Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop (it took me 4 days!!! because i've just switched to debian). I often bring my laptop to work in the library, but i don't know how to make debian connect to the Internet through a proxy (although i have username and password

[OT] Gnome icon usage on a web page

2002-04-03 Thread James D Strandboge
I am developing a web page for a company, and one of the people at that company asked if some of the gnome icons could be used on the site (eg as a link). This site has nothing to do with gnome, free software or software in general-- it is for a training company. I know many of the icons are GPL'

Re: Acroread not displaying menu text 2nd try

2002-03-15 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 04:08, Pat Colbeck wrote: > James > > Just done some testing and this proplem only occurs in KDE. > It works fine in Gnome (with Sawfish) or in WindowMaker. > Still don't know how to fix it in KDE though ... > I had this problem and I fixed it by adjusting the order of my fo

Re: Flash and Konqueror

2002-03-15 Thread James D Strandboge
Although it is possible to get konqueror to register flash and not be prompted for a download, konqueror 2.2.2 does not handle flash particularly well. I tried at length to get flash to work right under konqueror, but some sites just wouldn't load right. If you must use flash, I am having good re

Re: the quest for a *stable* browser

2002-03-12 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 09:24, stan wrote: > On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:15:01PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > > I downloaded Mozilla via apt-get. It crashes > > often. I would like a stable open source > > alternative to Mozilla. > >=20 > I've become a BIG fan of galeon, myselg. >=20 Me too, and i

Re: GnuCash vs MoneyDance

2002-03-12 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 18:47, David Roundy wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 02:51:30PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > > Personally, I would very much prefer to keep my system as free as > > possible. I'd much prefer to use gnucash over some other alternative, > > but so far I've found it severe

Re: GnuCash vs MoneyDance

2002-03-09 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 15:05, David Z Maze wrote: > Ed Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 10:46:31 -0600 > > hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Could people share the thoughts and experiences? Thanks. > > > > MoneyDance is a multi platform Java app and commercial

Re: More on RealPlayer and galeon

2002-03-04 Thread James D Strandboge
On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 10:34, stan wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 09:35:31AM -0500, James D Strandboge wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 22:18, stan wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 05:45:24PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > > > > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

[Fwd: Re: More on RealPlayer and galeon]

2002-03-04 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 22:18, stan wrote: > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 05:45:24PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > > stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So hw do I make [realplayer] work in Galeon also? > > =20 > > This is what I did: > >=20 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:541]# l /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/r

Fwd: middle mouse button = double click ?

2002-02-27 Thread James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D.
--- Forwarded message (begin) Subject: middle mouse button = double click ? From: James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:31:27 -0500 Is it possible to do this in KDE ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Re: NFS behind a firewall

2002-02-20 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 00:15, nate wrote: > > > > > now, it _*might*_ be possible to tunnel sunrpc thru ssh. I say > > that because it is possible to tunnel the X Windows ports thru 23, > > so why not sunrpc? > > i think because sunrpc is UDP, and i don't think ssh can > tunnel UDP services. you

strange font problem in kde-2.2.2: can't change fixed-width fonts

2002-01-23 Thread James D. Freels
I am using a current Debian/Sid. With or without "anti-aliasing fonts "enabled, I cannot change fixed-width fonts from the control center. When I click "choose" in that category of the control center->look and feel->fonts, the screen garbles up, and will not allow me to do anything from the con

NO ANSWER, trying again...annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode

2002-01-16 Thread James D. Freels
I got no response. Anyone know about this one ? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:30:41 -0500 From: "James D. Freels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org The presen

annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode

2002-01-15 Thread James D. Freels
The present kernel (2.4.17) prints an annoying message to the console each time my parallel port printer is used: lp0: compatibility mode I have found where it is printed in drivers/char/lp.c and I suppose I could comment it out. Isn't there a better way ?

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-24 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 07:48:35PM -0800 or thereabouts, Craig Dickson wrote: > James D Strandboge wrote: > > > There is a fix in 2.4.17 which allows it to be compiled with sid's new > > binutils. If you try to compile kernel 2.4.16 or lower on an updated > > sid (

Re: which latest kernel to use ?

2001-12-23 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 12:38, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 22 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > > Peter Good wrote: > > > > > Binutils on Sid compiled 2.4.17 fine, might be different for Woody. > > > > Binutils is identical in Sid and Woody at the moment. > > > > According to the bug reports, the

Netscape 6.2/Mozille 0.9.5 now fails in Debian/Sid

2001-11-16 Thread James D. Freels
no longer using Mozilla until such time as the problem is corrected. I am attaching the errors printed to the console when this happened. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home This is a pre-release version of XFree86

Netscape6.2/Mozilla0.9.5 broken for Debian/Sid

2001-11-16 Thread James D. Freels
suspect java-related issues, but I am certainly not sure. Both packages are slow on my system anyway. Netscape 4.79 was announced today, so I installed this (and remembered how much faster it should be). -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work

Re: Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid

2001-11-14 Thread James D. Freels
. McCarty wrote: > I just saw your email and realized that I had the same problem. > After some playing with strace, here is a fix that doesn't involve > downgrading! The problem is due to the new version (3.3.6-39) of > xlib6. -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National

Wordperfect 8 now is broken for current Debian/Sid

2001-11-13 Thread James D. Freels
ar problem? Any fixes ? -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

Re: X broken in current Debian/Sid/Unstable ?

2001-11-12 Thread James D. Freels
sage near the tail of /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > Any help appreciated. > > Ty reinstall xfont-base package. It helped in my case (I noticed the > same error exactly) but I have no id

v2.4.14 kernel compile problem

2001-11-05 Thread James D Freels
I have just tried to compile a clean source (without any patches) of v2.4.14. I did a straight "make oldconfig" of a working v2.4.13 .config. I get the following error message at that last part of the make bzImage when it is creating the final kernel image: ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i

Re: Help with ATI Rage Fury Pro 128

2001-10-24 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 03:41:53PM -0400 or thereabouts, Stephen Gran wrote: > First you have to double check with ATI - http:www.support.ati.com - to make > sure that this is right, but I believe it uses the xserver-mach64 > server. Just apt-get install, and change your lines in XF86Config to It

kernel 2.4, isa-pnp and ensoniq soundscape (sscape)-- how?

2001-10-24 Thread James D Strandboge
I have been trying to configure a soundcard for a woody box running kernel 2.4.12-ac3, but have not been able to make any headway. Previously (kernel 2.2) we used isapnptools, but kernel 2.4 wants to use isa-pnp. Currently I can insmod soundcore, sound and isa-pnp, but the next module to load, ad

Re: Help with ATI Rage Fury Pro 128

2001-10-24 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 05:15:49PM +0200 or thereabouts, Petru NOTINGHER wrote: > Hello, > > I have problems with installing the ATI Rage Fury Pro 123 Video Card > under potato. > Can anybody tell me which server under XF86 and which chip should I select ? > Or e-mail me some configuration files

Re: NFS kernel daemon: nfsdnfssvc: Invalid argument

2001-10-13 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 10:38:39PM +1000 or thereabouts, Graham Williams wrote: > I've just "apt-get dist-upgrade" a couple of machines (one sparc one > i386). I'm running unstable and when nfs-kernel-server was being > upgraded it gave the message: > > Starting NFS kernel daemon: nfsdnfssvc: Inv

my dpkg problem fixed!

2001-10-08 Thread James D. Freels
p_2.30-3_alpha.deb >fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# > >This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. > >How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home

need help! dpkg corrupted!

2001-10-08 Thread James D. Freels
(--install): unable to create updated files list file for package zip: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: zip_2.30-3_alpha.deb fea6:/var/cache/apt/archives# This is a major problem that I do not know how to fix. How do I fix this? Help is appreciated! -- James D. F

Re: ping works not on all sites

2001-10-05 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:44:02AM +0200 or thereabouts, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: > mh, this "file" is not there (some other tcp_* are there); may I have > forgotten in kernelconfig??? I know there is an option to have it active. My was set to having it active, and now I just manually set it to

Re: ping works not on all sites

2001-10-05 Thread James D Strandboge
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:23:53AM +0200 or thereabouts, Timo Blazko Boewing wrote: > I have a strange problem: I am using german DSL (T-DSL) and can reach > almost all sites. However, some sites cannot really be contacted from my > station. DNS resolve works, cos I get the IP from that site when

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