RE: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:35 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?) > James Zuelow wrote: >>> Carlos Mennens wrote: >>>

RE: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?)

2010-11-03 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Morgan Gangwere [mailto:0.fracta...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:42 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Screen clear on terminal logout (was Re: Orphaned User Accounts?) > On 11/3/2010 9:30 AM, Carlos Mennens wrote: >> I always wanted to

RE: Monitor detection failure and video display

2010-10-08 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Sven Joachim [mailto:svenj...@gmx.de] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:40 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Monitor detection failure and video display >> Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" > > This option will be ignored, I think. At least I cou

RE: Monitor detection failure and video display

2010-10-08 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Camaleón [mailto:noela...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:23 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Monitor detection failure and video display > On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:58:51 -0800, James Zuelow wrote: > >> Some additional info. &g

RE: [FOLLOWUP] video card reccomendation

2010-10-07 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 1:47 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: [FOLLOWUP] video card reccomendation >> >> My CPU seems fine at 100% while rendering video for an hour or so >> and memtest-86+ is happy

RE: [FOLLOWUP] video card reccomendation

2010-10-07 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Sven Joachim [mailto:svenj...@gmx.de] > > In any case, more feedback on nouveau would be welcome. We've got a > few positive answers when the package was uploaded in March, but > since then all we received are a dozen of more or less serious bugs > reports. That's

RE: Monitor detection failure and video display

2010-10-07 Thread James Zuelow
Some additional info. I tried this: Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nouveau" Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" EndSection But I get this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log (actually I get that error if the IgnoreEDID is there or not): 8<---snip---8<

Monitor detection failure and video display

2010-10-07 Thread James Zuelow
I'm having a google failure. I have a kiosk machine that displays a web page to a large monitor. Everything works fine, unless the monitor is not powered on when the kiosk boots. In that case, there is no video signal (not even the text console). I can't wake it up with mouse or keyboard acti

RE: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1

2010-09-22 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [mailto:hvw59...@care2.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:11 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1 > Hi, > > I couldn't figure out why the network wouldn't come up, untill I saw > this: > > h...

RE: new squeeze

2010-09-16 Thread James Zuelow
LOL. If anyone thinks this thread has been extremist or hateful, you need to get out more. :) That being said, I think some people have lost track of the thread. Tom H is the one who said, and I'll paraphrase here: "If you use the debian installer, and it asks you if you want to use the ent

RE: detect ethernet card?

2010-09-09 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Atu [mailto:atucelu...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:25 AM >> (...) >> >> Try "/sbin/ifconfig" to check if the card is there. > > I tried and it isn't. I see "lo" but not "eth0". What does `/sbin/ifconfig -a` show? James Z -- To UNSUBSCRI

RE: Arrow keys won't scroll history in squeeze konsole/bash

2010-09-03 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: James Zuelow [mailto:james_zue...@ci.juneau.ak.us] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 4:31 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: Arrow keys won't scroll history in squeeze konsole/bash 8<---snip---8< > > I'm not the only one

RE: Upgrade From 5.02 To 5.05

2010-09-02 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: James Zuelow [mailto:james_zue...@ci.juneau.ak.us] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:24 PM You said: >> DVD. (It has been added with 'apt-cdrom add') I said: > > Try: > > apt-cdrom add > Doh! Next time read the original e-ma

RE: Upgrade From 5.02 To 5.05

2010-09-02 Thread James Zuelow
27; does not seem to have an option for "already installed" > and I can not seem to get 'apt-get upgrade' to work with the > DVD. (It has been added with 'apt-cdrom add') > > Any pointers and tips? > > Thanks in advance Try: apt-cdrom add (it wi

RE: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Jordan Metzmeier [mailto:titan8...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:30 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 09/01/2010 12:13 PM,

RE: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns

2010-09-01 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: AG [mailto:computing.acco...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:50 AM To: debian user Subject: Wesnoth 1.8 not finding campaigns > Hi all > > After a testing update, Wesnoth 1.8 cannot find any campaigns. How > do I fix this because Google doesn'

RE: Server system fail - why?

2010-08-31 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Proskurin Kirill [mailto:proskurin...@fxclub.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:00 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Server system fail - why? > 31.08.2010 20:04, Camaleón пишет: >> On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:22:56 +0400, Proskurin Kirill wrote: >> >>

RE: Arrow keys won't scroll history in squeeze konsole/bash

2010-08-26 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message > >> After an `aptitude full-upgrade` on a Squeeze system last Monday I've >> lost the use of the arrow keys to browse my history in konsole. >> >> If I switch to one of the VTs (ctrl-alt-F1, etc.) the keys work fine, >> and my history is present. However within konsole

RE: A warning how not to upgrade from Lenny to Squeeze

2010-08-26 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message > > I then tried "apt-get -f install", several times, which seemed to > clear up a lot of things. Eventually my repeated "apt-get -f install" > commands were just giving me the same udev error message. Apparently > udev and the kernel need to be updated at the same time,

RE: Hauppauge WinTV Card

2010-08-26 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: James Stuckey [mailto:jhstuc...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:03 AM To: debian-user Subject: Hauppauge WinTV Card > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if there exists drivers for using these WinTV cards > from Hauppauge? I found an old one and I'd like to u

RE: disable sleep mode hdd usb

2010-08-17 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: p...@gci.net [mailto:p...@gci.net] On Behalf Of Greg Madden Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:10 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: disable sleep mode hdd usb >> >> Maybe the disk name in /dev/disk/by-id could be used instead, there >> are symlinks to

Arrow keys won't scroll history in squeeze konsole/bash

2010-08-11 Thread James Zuelow
After an `aptitude full-upgrade` on a Squeeze system last Monday I've lost the use of the arrow keys to browse my history in konsole. If I switch to one of the VTs (ctrl-alt-F1, etc.) the keys work fine, and my history is present. However within konsole they don't work anymore. Shift+up arrow

RE: Wifi GNOME network manager version into KUbuntu, Debian "pinning method, etc. ; jor debian

2010-08-11 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: Bob McGowan [mailto:bob_mcgo...@symantec.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:06 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wifi GNOME network manager version into KUbuntu, Debian "pinning method, etc. ; jor debian > On 08/07/2010 11:44 AM, giovanni_re wro

RE: Re:Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system

2010-07-07 Thread James Zuelow
Original Message From: John W Foster [mailto:jfoster81...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:31 PM To: Debian Users Subject: Re:Clarification: Opinions & why: What's the best DVD setup for Debian AMD64 system > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 21:57 -0500, John W Foster wrote: >> Opinions &

RE: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-21 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:andreimpope...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 21 May, 2010 00:22 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Unable to connect to my home wireless > > On Thu,20.May.10, 15:13:35, James Zuelow wrote: > &

RE: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-21 Thread James Zuelow
> So while Thomas could file a bug, I don't think it's not > germane to complain about DDs putting everything under the > sun into a dependency list. Here's the place for the > community to decide whether we really need to force an > install of network-manager (or avahi) when they're not real

RE: Unable to connect to my home wireless

2010-05-20 Thread James Zuelow
> I hoped at least the first part of the mail would be helpful > to someone having > the same problem. I found a few posts with the same error > during the last, but > no answer so far. > > > IMO complaints should go to bugs.debian.org, > > not necessarily here. > > Noted. > > Th. In Thoma

RE: 64 bit-flash failing sites

2010-05-11 Thread James Zuelow
> user (I don't waste my time with flash games, watching flash videos on > every corner of the Internet, etc), but I've never, ever had a problem > running a 100% 64-bit Debian GNU/Linux operating system for the past > year or so. _ZERO_ issues. > Huh. I'm jealous. I've been running 64 bit Len

RE: ksokoban

2010-04-23 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: pch0317 [mailto:pch0...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 23 April, 2010 08:11 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ksokoban > > Hi > Why ksokoban isn't available in debian testing. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

RE: [Samba] how to mount shares as a user without mount.cifs setuid

2010-04-07 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: James Zuelow [mailto:james_zue...@ci.juneau.ak.us] > Sent: Wednesday, 07 April, 2010 14:05 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: [Samba] how to mount shares as a user without > mount.cifs setuid > > > > > --

RE: [Samba] how to mount shares as a user without mount.cifs setuid

2010-04-07 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org > [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Udo Müller > Sent: Wednesday, 07 April, 2010 13:48 > To: sa...@lists.samba.org > Subject: Re: [Samba] how to mount shares as a user without > mount.cifs setuid > > Am 07.04

RE: Sun Java plugin doesn't work in Squeeze

2010-03-22 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Roger Morgan [mailto:halbtaxabo-...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, 22 March, 2010 09:02 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Sun Java plugin doesn't work in Squeeze > > I've tried to run the Sun Java plugin in both Iceweasel and > Firefox on Squeeze wit

RE: why does resolv.conf change?

2010-03-22 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Sjoerd Hardeman [mailto:sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl] > Sent: Saturday, 20 March, 2010 03:47 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: why does resolv.conf change? > > Clive McBarton schreef: > > To make my original question more precise: I want the st

RE: why does resolv.conf change?

2010-03-18 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Thursday, 18 March, 2010 14:57 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: why does resolv.conf change? > > > Well the OP can fix that. First, edit resolv.conf to look > the way you want it to. > >

RE: why does resolv.conf change?

2010-03-18 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.john...@cox.net] > Sent: Thursday, 18 March, 2010 13:44 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: why does resolv.conf change? > > On 2010-03-18 16:14, Clive McBarton wrote: > > > > To make my original question more precise:

RE: (OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does installing gnome ...)

2010-03-18 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:andreimpope...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, 18 March, 2010 00:42 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: (OT) gnash vs. flash (was Re: Why does > installing gnome ...) > > On Thu,18.Mar.10, 03:28:40, Ron Johnson wrote: > >

RE: Change Useradd Behavior

2010-03-17 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Carlos Mennens [mailto:carlosw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 March, 2010 09:50 > To: Debian > Subject: Re: Change Useradd Behavior > > If I change the DIR_MODE=0700 in /etc/adduser.conf, will that also be > honored when using 'useradd'? > No. Sorry, w

RE: Change Useradd Behavior

2010-03-17 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Carlos Mennens [mailto:carlosw...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 March, 2010 09:36 > To: Debian > Subject: Change Useradd Behavior > > I would like to know if it's possible when creating a new user with > the '/usr/sbin/useradd' script to set the users hom

Squeeze KDE desktop icons

2010-03-10 Thread James Zuelow
After upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze my DKE desktop sure is different. I'm getting used to the KDE4 way of doing things, but some things seem stuck on automatic mode without an easy way for the user to modify them. For example, if I put my desktop in "folder view" mode and change any settings

RE: Clearing Screen on Logout?

2010-03-02 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: ludovico van [mailto:ludovicova...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 02 March, 2010 09:00 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Clearing Screen on Logout? > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Carlos Williams > wrote: > > I noticed that with Debian whe

RE: -i386 to amd64

2010-03-01 Thread James Zuelow
I think I'll just wait for: aptitude -a amd64 --arch_upgrade Surely that's right around the corner... Maybe for Squeeze? :) James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://li

RE: how to find bad blocks

2010-02-09 Thread James Zuelow
I think the OP just needs enough data to convince Samsung that the drive is bad so he can RMA it. If the drive is at fault the SMART data should do it (especially since the first thing Samsung will do when they get the drive is query the SMART data...) Since the drive is part of a RAID array I

RE: how to find bad blocks

2010-02-09 Thread James Zuelow
you can list the bad blocks that the drive is re-mapping, but you can certainly get the number of times the drive has had to do that. The manpage for smartctl describes how to query individual disks behind various RAID controllers. HTH James Zuelow Network Specialist City and Borough of Junea

RE: Incorrect reporting of memory installed on system by "free"?

2010-02-02 Thread James Zuelow
vior. It is using integers. Some of your physical RAM is being used for video, the kernel, whatever. So it is not available to your system. That's why it is reporting 2015MB instead of the expected 2048MB for 2GB. ( 2015 / 1024 ) = 1.96GB, which is what you are expecting. But Int(

RE: Rsyslog template

2010-01-27 Thread James Zuelow
> -Original Message- > From: Stan Hoeppner [mailto:s...@hardwarefreak.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 20:22 > To: debian-user > Cc: James Zuelow > Subject: Re: Rsyslog template > You might try just commenting out the original you have, and > e

Rsyslog template

2010-01-26 Thread James Zuelow
I have a Lenny server that is acting as a remote syslog server for a variety of devices. Most of the devices are listed by hostname or IP address in their log entries. Other servers, or devices such as HP Procurve switches are listed by IP address. However I have nine D-Link DWL3200AP WAPs th

RE: two local networks

2010-01-25 Thread James Zuelow
>I'm more expecting it to be my subnet mask that I need to change, but like I >mentioned first, when I tried changing that I downed the whole network, which >looks like this: >eth0 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: