Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-12 Thread Nick Jacobs
Florian Kulzer-3 wrote: > > As far as I understand udev, it should always use the lowest free lpX > node for a new printer. > That's just the problem, it doesn't always. If it did that consistently, nobody would have had a problem when upgrading from devfs/hotplug. It looks to me as though we h

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-05 Thread Nick Jacobs
Graham Seaman wrote: > > After upgrading the server to etch (without any major problems) cups no > longer sees the printer. Cups is running ok, and knows about the > printer, but the web interface always displays the message: > > " HL5040 (Default Printer) "Printer not connected; will retry i

Re: Opinions on some Debian books?

2004-03-05 Thread Nick Jacobs
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > 2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > the dead tree book market, IMHO. I agree with (1) but not with (2). Firstly, I'd pay to get some of the material on http://www.debian.org/doc/ in the form o

gdm restarts every 20 minutes: why?

2004-03-05 Thread Nick Jacobs
If there is no user activity, gdm restarts every 20 minutes, killing the current local session. Here's a sample from /var/log/syslog. Mar 5 07:05:27 leo gdm[8899]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Mar 5 07:25:29 leo gdm[8912]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error -

Re: via-rhine (or rhinefelt) and VT6105/VT6103 driver problems with Debian stable

2004-02-29 Thread Nick Jacobs
that basically this is going to work, because I've done it. Regards Nick Jacobs --- Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope I can get some help on this list as I've dug > myself in a hole > I think. > > I run debian stable (3.0r2) for a small home set up

Re: X-problems: What do these two apps have in common?

2004-02-27 Thread Nick Jacobs
--- David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Netbeans Java-IDE, after recent upgrade including > XFree86, immediately > kicks out the session. One logs in again to a new X > session. This is not the > same as control/alt/bksp since in the 2.6.2 kernels, > the mouse needs be > exercised a bit

Fatal X error: how to diagnose?

2004-02-26 Thread Nick Jacobs
I'm running the current Woody release. My graphics card is a Radeon 9200 SE. My problem is that the X server dies and restarts. It dies in 2 situations: (1) when the system is idle for 20 minutes or more. Following is a bunch of consecutive lines from syslog, when nobody was logged in: Feb 24 19:

gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error

2004-02-25 Thread Dr Nick Jacobs
I'm using a Radeon SE 9200 card on the latest Debian Woody. Basically it works, using the vesa driver, except that X will sometimes restart, after the following appears in syslog: gdm[403]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 This happens in 2 situations that I have identifie

2.2 vs 2.4 kernels

2002-06-24 Thread Nick Jacobs
Can someone explain (or supply a pointer to an explanation of) what is wrong with the 2.4 kernel, that debian plans to continue offering the 2.2 kernel with woody? Several other distros have been shipping with 2.4 exclusively for over a year, surely most of the bugs have been shaken out?

Debian: abandon ship?

2002-06-05 Thread Nick Jacobs
of money. Debian does not need me. And I need a stable release with the 2.4 kernel. Nick Jacobs __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su