no "autodetection" of dvd under etch

Hi all, I was just trying to read a dvd (with some pdf and djv files) under my Debian etch desktop. When I insert a cd-rom on the combo cd-dvd drive there automatically pops up a window asking what I should do. Unfortunately, the same does not happen with the dvd disk, neither under KDE nor u

powerdot under Debian sarge i382

Hi I have downloaded the package powerdot from CTAN and tried to install it the usual way under my tetex but to no avail. When I tried to run a test, there were messages stating that some newer versions of some packages were necessary... Has anyone succesfully installed this powerdot package

dchroot not working

Hi there, I have a sarge installation in my destop and just created an etch chroot in order to assess the progress of the testing release and try some new stuff like openoffice 2.0 and gfortran, for instance. The problem is when I try to run any application from the chroot etch jail via dchro

pci express card on debian amd64 sarge

Hi, I am about to buy a workstation with: 1) motherboard: Supermicro H8DCE 2) CPU's: 2 AMD Opteron 246 cpu's This motherboard seems to support a PCI Express slot and thus I would like, if possible, to take advantage of this resource, when acquiring a graphics board. Specifically, I would lik