Re: Search Algorithm

2004-11-15 Thread Niels L Ellegaard
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:52:22 -0800 (PST) Sergio Basurto Juarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To find a key k in an array v with indexes from 0 to > n-1, begin with x0 = 0, x1 = n-1, and i = 1. Compute > the next position with > xi+1 = xi - (v[xi]-k) * (xi - xi-1)/(v[xi] - v[xi-1]). > If this lies o

Re: 'rpm --freshen': dpkg Equivalent?

2004-11-07 Thread Niels L Ellegaard
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:05:01 -0500 Kenneth Jacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I use 'dpkg' to install a new .deb, but *only* if the package > is already on a machine? With RPM, you can use the "freshen" option > ("-F" or "--freshen"). But how with 'dpkg'? > > In other words: > o If t

Re: Xemacs & latex

2004-09-27 Thread Niels L Ellegaard
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:31:50 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Under xemacs 21 it is possible to compile a latex file by issuing the command > 'C-c C-r'. Unfortunately this runs the plain 'latex' command whilst I'd > like to run 'pdflatex' (and also ConTeXt via texexec). > > How could I reach thi

Re: Is an xcf sourcecode? (according to GPL)

2004-09-12 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: > Do the xcf-files count as sourcecode? (according to the GPL) I just noted that this question is currently being discussed at debian-legal. Sorry about the noise :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard h

Is an xcf sourcecode? (according to GPL)

2004-09-12 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
Dear gurus :) Suppose I use gimp to create graphics for a GPL'ed program. First I use gimp to create a layered xcf-files of the graphics, and then I use gimp to manually flatten the layers of the xcf files to create jpg's for the game. Of course I keep the original xcf-files on my harddisk to be

Re: gdb + xfree86 (Cannot upgrade xfree to sarge)

2004-08-14 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: > In conclusion I am left with a system with no xserver. XFree86 > doesn`t start in Sarge and I cannot downgrade. As a final attempt > before reinstall I would like to start xfree86 in gdb, and see if I > can construct a backtrace. Perh

gdb + xfree86 (Cannot upgrade xfree to sarge)

2004-08-14 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
backtrace? Thanks in advance Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Synchronizing between Windows and Linux: character encoding problem

2004-07-30 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
oment, Unison uses the 8-bit API, as this is what is provided by Ocaml under Windows. I think we should eventually switch to the Unicode API (or maybe allow to choose between the two APIs). However, this is a significant amount of work, and none of the Unison developpers are using Windows... -- Jerome

Re: Is Linux Unix?

2004-07-20 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a > clone of something, and being that thing in the English language? > > I'm just thinking of the statement, GNU's Not Unix. Does that mean > that GNU/Linux is a OS with unix like funct

Re: Debian downgrade from unstable to testing

2004-05-28 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
people will prefer if you write your message below the citations from the parent post. -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Unofficial binary Debian packages considered insecure?

2004-05-28 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
serious risk or am I just being paranoid? Thanks in advance Niels PS: I realize that I can often use to apt-source, but I like plug-and-play :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: modprobe nvidia gives "no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted"

2004-05-24 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Niels L. Ellegaard) writes: > nvidia: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > 0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 > Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004

modprobe nvidia gives "no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted"

2004-05-24 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
I have some problems installing nvidia. i woudl be grateful for any help I am using the vanilla kernel 2.6.5-1-386 Sarge. I installed nvidia following the very nice instructions in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian However when I try to modprobe nvidia I get the following error m

Re: Question about installing nvidia driver (no version for "struct_module")

2004-05-23 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ie=UTF-8&selm=1OiKz-8is-33%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1 Sonmeone posted that he got the following error fglrx: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel. [fglrx] Max

Re: Upgrade to Sarge kills X

2004-05-02 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
e86 Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: Is there a complete log to the bootup messages?

2004-04-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ter to an explanation. :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-get in a webbrowser

2004-04-09 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
s.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/man2html?dpkg-www+8 Also I am not sure if it works well with xsu or similar. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dm-linear: Device lookup failed (uname -r = 2.6.3-1-386)

2004-04-07 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
something else :) -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Goodbye stable?

2004-03-28 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
2 -- potato, August 15th, 2000 2.1 -- slink, March 9th, 1999 2.0 -- hamm, July 24th, 1998 1.3 -- bo, June 2nd, 1997 1.2 -- rex, 1996 1.1 -- buzz, 1996 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)

2004-03-26 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > >I removed the part about the generic mouse because I got a > >complaint that I did not have the device /dev/input/mice (I don't > >know how to create it... I make a symbolic link, and it get&

Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)

2004-03-26 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
eating a backtrace of XFree86? Would such a backtrace be useful? I can send send all the output, but I am slightly afraid of flooding. Do Debian gurus use dial-up? :) Thanks for the help Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: x-crash (please decipher my log file)

2004-03-26 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ashing. This way I can limit the number of sources of error. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian and women? from DWN #10

2004-03-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
opularity of female-only skiing courses. -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

x-crash (please decipher my log file)

2004-03-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Keyboard "Generic Keyboard" handled by legacy driver (**) Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" (**) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "Microsoft" (**) Configured Mouse: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" (**) Option "BaudRate" "1200" (**) Option "StopBits" "1" (**) Option "DataBits" "7" (**) Option "Parity" "None" (**) Option "Vmin" "1" (**) Option "Vtime" "0" (**) Option "FlowControl" "None" (**) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (==) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 3 (**) Configured Mouse: BaudRate: 1200 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) (II) Server_Terminate keybinding not found Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0 Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0 *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rewriting XF86Config-4 with dpkg-reconfigure

2004-03-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
hugo vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you make changes to XF86Config-4 then dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xfree86 refuses to touch it. How can one change that behavior? > I want him to rewrite the file. The following text is put in the preambles of an automatically generated XFConfig-4 fi

gdm-greeter doesn't disable itself if xfree86 fails.

2004-03-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
examine to find out? I am using Sarge, and I recently upgraded from xfree86 4.0 to xfree86 4.3 thanks in advance Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

grub-install /dev/hda... /dev/.../disc does not have any corresponding BIOS drive

2004-03-22 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
/grub/device.map (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/hdb -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel 2.6.3

2004-03-10 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ile preparing to compile the kernel) Searching google you can find much info on your nvidia problem. I know toob little to judge what is goo and what is bad, so I will just give you this senseless link :) http://www.google.com/search?q=cannot%20find%20nvidia.ko Good l

Re: Scoring up unstable security fixes in my /etc/apt/preferences:

2004-02-22 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 04:37:14PM +0100, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > Is it possible to configure my /etc/apt/preferences in such a way that > > I automatically upgrade a package from testing to unstable whenever > > this

Scoring up unstable security fixes in my /etc/apt/preferences:

2004-02-21 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
I would prefer to be able to upgrade. Is this a wellknown problem? I would be grateful if someone would enlighten me with a solution. (I did not find it in APT-HOWTO) Thanks in advace Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk

ssh -t B sftp C (Was Re: ssh -X from A through B to C)

2004-02-11 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
Cristian Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ssh -X B ssh -X C xclock Is i possible to do something similar with sftp? The following creates an sftp line from b to c, but I wish to create a line from a to c. ssh -t B sftp C -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/

Re: Errors starting up alsa

2004-02-01 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
HOWTO/K7s5a-HOWTO.html Niels PS: Is k7s5a short for kissa? -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Errors starting up alsa

2004-01-31 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
odec What do you get when you write lsmod? Do any of the files in /var/log directory mention the attempt to include ALSA. What do they tell you? Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSC

Nvidia-kernel-source unresolved symbols

2004-01-26 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ler ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Purging Alsa -> invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action "stop" failed.

2004-01-25 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
D10 alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 killall -9 rplayd dpkg --purge -D10 alsa-modules-2.4.22-1-386 Profit Thank you for the helpful advice. Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Purging Alsa -> invoke-rc.d: initscript alsa, action "stop" failed.

2004-01-24 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ds on: pi alsa-base 0.9.8-3ALSA sound driver common files ii kernel-image-2.4.22-1-386 2.4.22-3 Linux kernel image for version 2.4 -- no debconf information -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: features in galeon-1.2.5 vs 1.3.11+, was: Status of Galeon in testing?

2004-01-24 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
quot;The web and only the web" :) However I believe that Galeon works nicely together with sylpheed and evolution. (I am writing this post using xemacs/GNUS and SSH, so there is no hope for me :) Med venlig hilsen Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: features in galeon-1.2.5 vs 1.3.11+, was: Status of Galeon in testing?

2004-01-22 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
:) Some of the preferences are still missing, but I don't really miss them. I conclusion I would say that 1.3.11a is a better browser than 1.25. Galeon has become a power browser again :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUB

Re: Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000

2004-01-14 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
oogle.com/search?q=pwc+ohci+timeout Good luck Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Broken Galeon in Sarge

2003-11-27 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
onvert > Galeon bookmarks to Mozilla without Galeon" dated 11/23/03 Thanks for the hints (I must be a little slow). Would it be correct to add a warning that the package Galeon conflicts with one of the packages in Gnome 2.4? Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard

Re: Broken Galeon in Sarge

2003-11-27 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
es made it into Sarge. I just send a bug report. While I am at it I promise my eternal admiration and love to anyone who make Galeon work in Sarge again. It is such a nice program :) Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ Heat is the self-restoration of m

Re: XFree86 + Signal 11 = Bad Juju

2003-09-08 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ght tell you whether you have a software problem or a hardware problem :) Good luck -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pwc webcam freeze: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout

2003-09-06 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
fisken kernel: usb.c: hub driver claimed interface c72b7860 Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 1 Sep 6 17:41:59 nissefisken kernel: usb.c: kusbd policy returned 0xfffe -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

pwc webcam freeze: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout

2003-09-03 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
_USB_PWC=m CONFIG_USB_SE401=m # CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: insmod usb-uhci ->No such device

2003-09-03 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 02 Sep 2003 22:19:32 +0200, > Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > I have some trouble loading the module usb-uhci into my kernel > > (It is a 2.4.21 and I am using Sarge). I would be very grateful > > for a hint of what I am doing

insmod usb-uhci ->No such device

2003-09-02 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
# # CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set # CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set # CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set CONFIG_USB_PWC=m CONFIG_USB_SE401=m # CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Circular dependencies? dpkg -P kdelibs3

2003-08-15 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
ackage1 apt-get install package2 dpkg -P package2 -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)

2003-08-14 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
Sebastian Kapfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:50:06 +0200, Niels L. Ellegaard wrote: > > > I upgraded from Woody to Sarge last week, and now I cannot start my > > gnome. Xfree and KDE works. Well actually I had some problems with the > >

No Gnome-settings-Daemon (Sarge + Woody control-center)

2003-08-14 Thread Niels L. Ellegaard
that this problem will dissapear by itself as new gnome2 packages enter testing? Thanks in advance for any help Niels -- Niels L Ellegaard http://dirac.ruc.dk/~gnalle/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u