Re: flphoto program to deb?

2003-07-23 Thread Jens Gecius
Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At http://www.easysw.com/~mike/flphoto/ you can find a program called flphoto; > it's similar to gtkam but adds a functionality I haven't found in any other > linux program: it rotates the selected photos 90 or 270º (loseless). > > In my oppinion it would b

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread Jens Gecius
bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages2.pl?keywords=webcam > > I did that and I installed the package called webcam, it is a package for > ftp loading a stream of webcam images to a server. It is not for dowloading > still images to the hard d

Re: Webcam

2002-12-27 Thread Jens Gecius
bob parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a usb webcam, it's branded 'Spirit WebCam DSC100' > > I can take up to 27 320 * 240 px photos at a time. > > What Linux software can I use to download the images to my hard drive. > > It came with software to do this in Wonders 98 but it really shits

Re: Spam mail question - yuppers

2002-06-03 Thread Jens Gecius
Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:25:40PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: >> and the From <> is a nuisance from some spammers is a >> good thing to reject ( ie ... <> and "is spammer" ) >> - havent figured it out yet .. > > My point was th

Unidentified subject!

2002-04-12 Thread Jens Gecius
subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB Mass Storage in 2.4.18-686

2002-04-06 Thread Jens Gecius
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Its odd because the Mandrake 2.4.18 works with this reader. My next >> step is to compile pristine kernel.org 2.4.18 source to see I can >> make that work. I'm curious to find where the fault is. > > I should have specified that I use kernel.org tarball

Re: Logitech Quickcam

2002-04-03 Thread Jens Gecius
"Sridhar M.A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am running woody with kernel 2.4.18. I could get the above camera to > work under linux fairly easily by compiling the 3rd party kernel module > mod_quickcam.o. I can see the image either with gqcam or xawtv, but the > colours are not correct. I tried

delete certain mail after exactly one delivery attempt

2002-03-14 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks, how could I set up (exim|mail|whatever) to make exactly one delivery attempt and delete (no confirmation, no mail to postmaster) for certain special mails? It's for my spam-autoreply. If the reply fails, I don't want to have thousands of frozen mails sitting around or having them to del

Re: courier-imap setup

2002-03-08 Thread Jens Gecius
"Shri Shrikumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>I'm having some trouble getting courier-imap to work on my unstable >>box. (courier-imap-ssl is currently not installable due to >>dependency-problem, I filed a bug already). >> >>So, I installed it, and tried to connect with gnus and >>netscape-messe

courier-imap setup

2002-03-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! I'm having some trouble getting courier-imap to work on my unstable box. (courier-imap-ssl is currently not installable due to dependency-problem, I filed a bug already). So, I installed it, and tried to connect with gnus and netscape-messenger. To no avail. My user/pw combination is no

Backup of debian

2002-02-09 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks, I'd like to get some input on an idea I had to backup a pure debian system. I like my backups on cd-r, so my current system backup eats roughly 10 cd-r. For me, this seems a little too much, because all packages are available via the internet, nowadays pretty fast with dsl/cable. So, I

Re: Debian Lists, USENET & Spam

2002-01-06 Thread Jens Gecius
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 08:27:13PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > | Where is there a HOWTO or tutorial on using available tools (e.g. > | procmail) to filter spam? Is it something that the "unwashed masses" > | like myself can learn to do? > > If you would like, I

Re: scanner recommendations?

2001-12-21 Thread Jens Gecius
pirmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 1. >> 3200dpi, totalling a whopping 171.6MB took 682 seconds (ca. 260kB/s) >> 2. >> 300dpi, totalling 1.5MB took 73 seconds (ca. 21kB/s) > > Thank you! And how long does a b/w lineart page A4 with 150dpi take? Totalling 2.1 MB, it took 45 seconds, of which th

Re: scanner recommendations?

2001-12-20 Thread Jens Gecius
pirmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On 18 Dec 2001, Vineet Kumar wrote: > >> I recently bought an Epson Perfection 1650 which is working perfectly > > I am impressed by an Epson 1640 Perfections's speed at work in a Win2k > environment, connectted to the USB port. In the vendors' lists they > no

Re: scanner recommendations?

2001-12-20 Thread Jens Gecius
pirmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On 18 Dec 2001, Vineet Kumar wrote: > >> I recently bought an Epson Perfection 1650 which is working perfectly > > I am impressed by an Epson 1640 Perfections's speed at work in a Win2k > environment, connectted to the USB port. In the vendors' lists they > no

Re: What's a debian kid look like?

2001-12-20 Thread Jens Gecius
"Dan Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> Subject: What's a debian kid look like? >> Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:24 PM >> Am I a Microsoft-branded >> pinko 'cause I like open-source?" Wow! I have to admit, Matt did

Re: scanner recommendations?

2001-12-18 Thread Jens Gecius
shock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Can anyone recommend a decent, low-priced scanner that works with their >> debian system? In case it matters, I'm tracking sid. > > i'm using an epson 1240u flatbed on debian woody with no problems > whatsoever. i think epson is (or has) phased out the 1240u,

Re: gimp 1.2/unstable

2001-12-13 Thread Jens Gecius
Jens Gecius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can't I somehow say "Well, take up to 700M from RAM, then file"? That > would be decent. Or something like "take 70% of available ram". Yeah, found it - tile cache size seems to be the setting I need. Now it work

Re: gimp 1.2/unstable

2001-12-13 Thread Jens Gecius
dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:28:37PM -0500, Jens Gecius wrote: > | Hi folks! > | > | I just started scanning a couple of negatives at 1600dpi and am trying > | to work with them in the gimp. > | > | Unfortunately, I don't see

gimp 1.2/unstable

2001-12-13 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! I just started scanning a couple of negatives at 1600dpi and am trying to work with them in the gimp. Unfortunately, I don't see the gimp being nice to memory. I have 1G on board, a 768M swap partition, and /tmp has another 950M free. Alls available (swap actually was never used). Now

Re: transfering linux system to another hard drive

2001-12-04 Thread Jens Gecius
Janina Sajka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You should not think in terms of transferring your linux. The linux > operating system itself should be reinstalled. That's plainly not true! Why re-doing everything that was already accomplished? There are several ways to do this, I already mailed this

Re: nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.14

2001-11-14 Thread Jens Gecius
Peter Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [nvidia] > symbols. Once I switched that on, it worked perfectly, and has done since, > including Twinview with SVIDEO out. Well, tried twinview, but disabled it again after it crashed with some applications. I had it set to double the desktop (kind-a-nice

Re: nvidia drivers & kernel 2.4.14

2001-11-14 Thread Jens Gecius
Peter Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > * Kyle Girard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Has anyone been able to get the nvidia drivers to work with the stock > > > > 2.4.14 kernel? > > > > > > > > I've compiled the drivers many ti

Re: Apache mod_auth can't authenticate

2001-11-08 Thread Jens Gecius
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, I'm feeling pretty retarded as I can't figure this out. > > I'm trying to set up user authentication in apache. So I created a > entry in httpd.conf for the area with > restricted access and gave it 'AllowOverride AuthConfig'. > > I also made sure

Re: XFree4.1 freeze with black screen

2001-10-29 Thread Jens Gecius
"Morbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anybody know where to start looking, if > X just freezes the whole machine on starx with a black screen? > I had to reset. Just had that problem yesterday after activating twinview. Turned out to be a crash of xfree (based on an oops of nvidia-driver).

[The Post Office ] email delivery error

2001-10-28 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi! Does anyone else get this damn delivery-error msg from polska on every post on debian-user, too?? How could we get that obviously incorrect email-address off the list? --- Begin Message --- --- End Message --- error: nosuchuser: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reporting-MTA: dns; elektron Arrival-Date: Su

Re: swapfiles & 512MB+ RAM?

2001-10-28 Thread Jens Gecius
MRZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > With the price of RAM being what it is, I recently upgraded my potato box to > by 512MB ram. > So I now have roughly 640MB RAM with a 256MB swapfile. > > Now that I have this much physical memory I was wondering if I could drop > the swapfile altogether and rec

konqueror / flash-plugin

2001-10-28 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! Some complained that the flash-plugin doesn't work with konqueror. I just examined the situation here and found multiple instances of libflashplayer.so in several plugins directories. Comparing them, I had to discover that they differ. The most recent is in /usr/lib/netscape/477/netsca

Re: 512Meg of Ram

2001-10-28 Thread Jens Gecius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I just added 512meg of ram to my Debian Woody box. I had heard that Linux > does not support 512meg of ram without a kernel recompile. Is this true? No, it isn't. If you have more than approx. 868MB, then the all above isn't used without a recompile with "HIGH_MEM"

Re: supercomputer (sort of?)

2001-10-17 Thread Jens Gecius
"Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any info anywhere on linking with other > computers (not LAN) on the Internet to form a higher > computing capacity entity (LINUX specific, non-LINUX > specific)? HOWTO's? Books? Online sources? > Thanks, Hearthstone. Plenty... Mo

Re: netscape plugins in konqueror

2001-10-02 Thread Jens Gecius
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm also discussing this on the kde user list -- when I get a solution > > I'll post it to both. Hm, I wonder which list will win the race ;) > > hehe > Excellent - I look forward to you message - I'd be grateful if you CC me in > case I'm not paying attenti

Re: apache .htpasswd problems

2001-09-23 Thread Jens Gecius
Martin F Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > trying to get apache to authorize users through .htaccess. this isn't > my first time, but it's not working and i am clueless. > > i can either configure the following settings via .htaccess (having > set AllowOverride AuthConfig for Directory /, or i

Re: PRoblems with apache and VirtualHosts

2001-09-21 Thread Jens Gecius
"Jan Gehring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have a problem with virtualhosts and the apache server. > > my debian is: 2.2r0 > > the problem is: > i can only put 2 virtualhost in the configuration file (httpd.conf) because > with more virtualhosts the apacheserver did not start ! It does work

ide problem on potato/2.2.17

2001-08-31 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks, unfortunately, I had to relalize that my potato box is making some trouble: Aug 31 00:07:34 torriac kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Aug 31 00:07:34 torriac kernel: 03:02: rw=0, want=8421508, limit=779152 Aug 31 00:07:34 torriac kernel: dev 03:02 blksize=4096 blocknr=53897

Re: php, apache and NFS

2001-08-27 Thread Jens Gecius
Mark Lamers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've set up photoseek (photoseek.sourceforge.net) (a php program to > catalog images on an webserver). All went well, very good program.Now > I'm trying to catalog an mounted nfs share. The program can see the > files but nothing happends. Is this an php o

Re: Cameras for linux: the million $ question

2001-08-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've a laptop with debian potato 2.2r3 and like to buy a digital > camera to use with it and the Gimp. > > Any suggestion about cameras and their compatibility with debian? Take a look at http://www.gphoto.org/ They have a pretty damn long list of supported

apache 1.3.9/stable

2001-07-17 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks, does anybody have a clue regarding user-authorization in apache-stable? I'm trying pretty hard to get it to work on my box, but it just doesn't work. Not with access.conf entries nor with .htaccess files. the appropriate section does look like this (same in htaccess or access.conf): Au

Re: [OT] beware citibank!

2001-07-17 Thread Jens Gecius
Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ---Very OffTopic--- But very true! > Anybody thinking about opening an acount with Citibank, beware. > > I recently opened an account with them, wooed by their rating as "#1 > for the Internet Transactor". Offering free online bill payment was > also

Re: Installing with 2.4 and ReiserFS

2001-06-30 Thread Jens Gecius
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Grab the latest Debian reiserfs boot disks and use them to do the > > install. Then you'll have reiserfs as your boot partition the _easy_ > > way. > > Possibly dumb question, but I have an existing ext2fs system. Is there > an easy (or even a not so

Re: [OT] Software to draw microprocessor schematics

2001-06-27 Thread Jens Gecius
Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to develep a microprocessor for my computer science class and I'm > looking for a tool to draw the schematics. I've looked at xcircuit and > chipmunk-log, but I'm quite frightened by the user interface. I'm > comfortable with xfig and I've fi

Re: opinions please: auto-backup to CDRW

2001-06-21 Thread Jens Gecius
Chris Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You're probably better off taking a "small" hd, around 6-10GB, and > > make nightly incremental, weekly and monthly full backups on that > > special purpose hd. The hd should be mounted ro to prevent accidential > > deletion and the like. > > One adv

Re: opinions please: auto-backup to CDRW

2001-06-19 Thread Jens Gecius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have about 500Mb of variable data (theres only 4 > console only users and we arent mp3 freaks!) and a > CDRW. Would it be worth setting up a script+cron > job to do the following nightly:- > > 1/ tar+gzip /home AND /etc AND /var/mail AND > /root/scripts > 1.a

apache authorization fails on potato

2001-06-17 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! Recently, I set up a new webserver on potato (apache 1.3.9-13.2). Unfortunately, since I moved my webpage to that server I'm unable to use user authentication. Whatever I tried, I just get a auth failed. Password-file is available, readable for the server (same for directory), created w

Re: usb scanner setup?

2001-05-24 Thread Jens Gecius
Lance Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 06:35:22PM -0400, mikepolniak wrote: > > Has anyone had success setting up a usb scanner (e.g. Epson636u) with SANE > > in Debian ? If yes , are you satisfied with the results? > > While we're at it, how about the HP 3300Cse? An

Re: Installing lilo on second hard disk

2001-05-21 Thread Jens Gecius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 07:04:08PM +0800, Corey Popelier wrote: > > This won't be a good answer, but I had a friends machine with an IDE drive > > on /dev/hda, and a SCSI drive on /dev/sda, and wanted to boot off the > > SCSI. I also got that LILO warning, and got aroun

Re: Installing lilo on second hard disk

2001-05-21 Thread Jens Gecius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Basically I am trying to copy everything over to my second hard disk and > then set up to make this the boot device. I know how to change the boot > device in my bios. > > The problem seems to be getting lilo on the second hardisk. What I > tried was this: > Edited t

Re: Welchen Freeware-Newsreader fuer Einsteiger?

2001-05-19 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi! Am I the only one getting these mails on debian-user? (See header) It's a little disturbing... X-From-Line: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 19 19:35:39 2001 Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from murphy.debian.org ([216.234.231.6]) by maniac.gecius.de with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian

Re: backup strategies

2001-05-01 Thread Jens Gecius
Jeroen Valcke writes: > After the not so pleasant adventures of last night (see my previous mail > "unattached inode") I started realizing that instead of my root fs the > problems could have occured on my home partition, destroying valuable > data. I must admit I don't make backups on a regular

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Jens Gecius
Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: > > What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all > > installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to > > recover a system to it's previous stat

Re: linux crash

2001-04-21 Thread Jens Gecius
John R Lenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:52:07PM -0500, Bradley James Reid wrote: > > i've got a problem at boot. > > my debian system crashes. it's using kernel 2.0.36. > > the error follows the check of the hardware. > > and the error is: > > unable to open initi

Re: Kernel configuration

2001-04-15 Thread Jens Gecius
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would copy .config from your previous build tree or /boot/config-2.4.2 > to your new build tree. And I would run "make oldconfig" once after it is copied, just to update the new config-options and to see, what's going on in kernel-development. I know St

Re: stream manipulation with time

2001-04-15 Thread Jens Gecius
Mark Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > May I suggest you use ntp or ntpdate instead. They keep the time nicely > > synchronized, no time lapse either way. > > Hey you brought up a very good point. But can you confirm something for me? > > I have had ntpd and ntpdate install for awhile. O

Re: startx not working, but X does

2001-04-14 Thread Jens Gecius
Corey Popelier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you just did an upgrade today, then you aren't the only person with the > problem. However, I suspect its' actually a KDE related problem that's > breaking X. I've now reverted to a X/WindowMaker setup until I see some > more KDE updates arrive, and

Re: lm-sensors with kernel-package

2001-03-29 Thread Jens Gecius
Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hallo Jens! > > I ran sensors-detect. It loaded some modules, but there are no > additonal files in /proc and no apropriate device-files. It shows me a > line which already was in /etc/modutils/lm-sensors. > > Am Mit

Re: lm-sensors with kernel-package

2001-03-28 Thread Jens Gecius
Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There are no /dev/i2c files around. How can I create them. Is there a > > > skript? > > > > Sorry, I forgot: if you want to use the i2c-interface, you also need > > the i2c-source package. These are some additional modules to make > > available

Re: lm-sensors with kernel-package

2001-03-28 Thread Jens Gecius
Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now what shall I do? > > > Simply type > > > make-kpkg -revision=X.X. modules_image > > > and then > > > dpkg -i ../modules.X.X.deb > > Thanks for your message. > > I did the following: [...] > debian:/home/juh# modprobe i2c-piix4 > /lib/

Re: Software for Webcam

2001-03-27 Thread Jens Gecius
Mark Hurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'd like to buy a linux compatible usb webcam of the kind of Philips. My > > question is as simple as that: > > What are the X (gnone or kde) software in debian potato 2.2r2 CD's or web > > sites which I should install to look at the images generated b

Re: lm-sensors with kernel-package

2001-03-27 Thread Jens Gecius
Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I apt-got lm-sensors-source and lm-sensors. > > The sources are in /usr/src/modules > > My current kernel-source is /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.18pre21 > > I do not want to patch my kernel but use it as a module. I've read > that I may want to use

Re: es1371

2001-03-25 Thread Jens Gecius
Oege Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@euronet.nl> writes: > I have a soundblaster 64PCI, with a es1371 chipset. I compiled sound card > support and the es1371 driver as modules. > This is the output of lsmod: > > OOCHnet:/tmp# lsmod > Module Size Used by > sound 58316

Re: Forwarding serial devices

2001-03-25 Thread Jens Gecius
"Felix E. Klee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > where do I find information on how to forward serial devices from one > computer to another via a network (in my case I want to use a graphics > tablet connected to another computer)? If its a X11-application use ssh and X11-forwarding. Sucks up some

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-19 Thread Jens Gecius
Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I got this from the authors: > > "> > > Could you try it with the latest kernel and lm-sensors from CVS? > > There is a chance that this was already solved. > > Also please make sure you (or even your distribution) have applied no > other patches; mkpa

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-18 Thread Jens Gecius
Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just a quick note to say I just downloaded the latest lm-sensors source > and still get the same problem during patch generation: > > mkpatch/mkpatch.pl . /usr/src/linux > /tmp/sensors-patch > > results in > > "Automatic patch generation for

Re: lm-sensors and 2.4 kernels

2001-03-12 Thread Jens Gecius
Lee Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used to be able to use lm-sensors with 2.2 and early 2.4.0-test > kernels i.e. test5, but since 2.4.0-test11 - now 2.4.1, I've been unable > to generate the sensors patch to apply to the kernel source. > > I've been able to generate and apply the i2c pa

NetDev watchdog on 2.4.2

2001-03-10 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks, Basically, my question comes down to this: What the heck is going on that this message occurs and my box gets basically unusable? Using the nvidia module from their website, not nv and everything else just stock unstable with kernel 2.4.2. Mar 10 00:38:33 maniac kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG

Re: Trouble with sound

2001-03-05 Thread Jens Gecius
Wouter Eerdekens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > when I do > > $ ls /dev/dsp > > I get > > crw-rw1 root audio 14,3 Jul 5 2000 /dev/dsp > > but when I want to play a Quiktime movie (shit happens...) with > gxamin, I get the following error: > > Can't Open /dev/dsp device >

Re: Trouble with sound

2001-03-04 Thread Jens Gecius
Wouter Eerdekens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You can verify if esd is running while gnome is up via `ps ax|grep esd` > > > > Yep, esd is running > > But I still cannot use mpg123 or wavp. Running mpg123 in verbose mode doesn't > generate an error message though. > > When I run the command

Re: Sound for onboard VIA chipset?

2001-03-03 Thread Jens Gecius
Jeffrey Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My motherboard has a builtin sound card using the VIA VT82C686A > chipset, but when I try to load sound support with: > > # modprobe via82cxxx > > I get the following: > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > Hint

Re: can i740 work in accelerate mode?[math]

2001-03-03 Thread Jens Gecius
maths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > my vedio card is i740, could display 800X600, 16bp (or higher, but i only use > this mode). the color is beautiful but very slowly. i tty, i could see this > message: > > (**) SVGA: Chipset: i740 > (**) Option "noaccel" > > . > (**) (SVGA) Acceleration d

Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?

2001-02-21 Thread Jens Gecius
Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ALSA > I notice in another thread there are reports of some problems building > ALSA because of perl changes in sid aka unstable. This might be > relevant to your problems. I would think the perl changes are responsible for not building the deb - the mod

Re: Any gotchas with kernel 2.4.x and Debian?

2001-02-19 Thread Jens Gecius
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Brashears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to try out kernel 2.4.1 from unstable, but I wanted to know > if there's anything I should be wary of. A quick search through the > archives of debain-user revealed there's *something* with modcon

Gigabyte 6VXD7?

2001-02-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi Folks! A little off-topic but maybe one or two fellow debian users have already experience with the Gigabyte Apollo Pro based Dual cpu board? Thanks for any information. I'm running unstable with 2.4.1 Yes, sound (es1370, creative 128 live) is NOT working properly... -- Tschoe,

Re: PHP4 in 'testing'?

2001-02-04 Thread Jens Gecius
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remco Rijnders) writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ktb wrote: > > Have you tried installing php4 unstable or stable? Use the "-s" > > switch to "apt-get" and see what would happen. > > Before reading your (or any) answer, I went ahead and pointed apt at > the unstable ar

Re: mysql-server problems

2001-01-31 Thread Jens Gecius
Marcin Kurc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have mysql-server 3.23.31-1 installed and it is not accepting any tcp > connections. > The config is alright, set to accept tcp on 3306. It worked with earlier > versions, > but now it shows that mysqld is running on port 0. Did you check o

Re: dist-upgrade for unstable

2001-01-24 Thread Jens Gecius
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jens, > > I think this is a pretty normal trend. I updated from stable kde to > unstable and looked 'wide eyed' at my apt as it removed everything > that was kde and starting pulling down the unstable... Well, actually it was only about to u

dist-upgrade for unstable

2001-01-23 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! Is there anything going on in unstable? Last weekend I wanted to do a dist-upgrade and it turned out that this would have deleted almost my whole gnome-installation. All the libs, apps and so one would have been deleted. Besides that, also some other apps were affected. Anybody more in

Re: [0T] need a url that crashes netscape

2001-01-12 Thread Jens Gecius
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This may be a strange request but I'm trying to write a little > > wrapper of sorts for Netscape that removes the lock file > > automatically after killing the browser when it hangs. The > > problem

Re: USB Trackball

2001-01-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Put in /etc/X11/XF86Config: > > > > Section "Pointer" > >Protocol"ImPS/2" > >Device "/dev/input/mice" > >ZAxisMapping 4 5 > > EndSection > > > > I have the same model and I tested with 2.2.18 kernel and works OK > > (now I use

Re: mysql-server broken

2000-12-16 Thread Jens Gecius
Jens Gecius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Actually, the postinst doesn't go through and > > > >I ran into that on my laptop. I found that purging the package (make > > sure you don&

Re: mysql-server broken

2000-12-16 Thread Jens Gecius
Randy Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Actually, the postinst doesn't go through and > >I ran into that on my laptop. I found that purging the package (make > sure you don't have it set to kill your databases!) and a clean reinstall > it would install perfectly. Not a slick solution

Re: mysql-server broken

2000-12-16 Thread Jens Gecius
sena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is a known bug. There are two ways to solve it: > > - Up/Downgrade to mysql-server 3.23.28-6 (which is working) or > > - Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment this line: > > skip-networking > > ...it shouldn't segfault now... > > >

Re: mysql-server broken

2000-12-16 Thread Jens Gecius
Jens Gecius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi folks! > > This time I really need help on short term. > > After my last dist-upgrade tonight mysql-server is broken. It always > gets an error in the postinst script. I tried to get it manually to > work, I tried to

mysql-server broken

2000-12-15 Thread Jens Gecius
Hi folks! This time I really need help on short term. After my last dist-upgrade tonight mysql-server is broken. It always gets an error in the postinst script. I tried to get it manually to work, I tried to dpkg -i the old version (my current version is -8), didn't work. I don't know what to do

Re: Who are the shitheads at Debian?

2000-12-08 Thread Jens Gecius
Jim Kroger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > unsubscribe me, stick these 60 emails a day up your ass So, well and educated spoken... > _ > James K. Kroger, Ph.D. Did you win it somewhere? Or is it just a fake? > Center for the Study of Brain,

Re: xlibs error

2000-12-07 Thread Jens Gecius
Gareth Bowker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.0.1-10_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package xpaint > > Any help resolving this would be great as apt refuses to work until I >

Re: CD to MP3 Util

2000-11-30 Thread Jens Gecius
"Timothy C. Phan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi , > > Is there any utility to convert CD files to MP3 files on Linux? > TIA! Take a look at grip in conjunction with cdparanoia and lame (or any other cd-ripper and mp3-encode; be careful about patent issue, therefore not included in debian

Re: Setting up eth1 interface

2000-11-23 Thread Jens Gecius
"Sean Norris,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello All, > > I have been trying to set up a small local network with a linux box as a > gateway and my wife's win98 > laptop. > > I am running potato with a fresh 2.2.17 kernel from kernel.org. Currently, a > D-link DE-530TX is working > well w