On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 06:58:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> As I'm over 80 and a computer *user* since introduction via Hollerith cards
> and line-printers in 60's (q.v. CORC & CUPL - BASIC didn't exist) and later
> using an Acoustic coupler with an RBBS, I'm not a newbie per se.
>
> However
On Sun, Jan 05, 2025 at 09:07:09AM -0500, Anil F Duggirala wrote:
> Thank you both for your instructions. I have followed the exact
> instructions as proposed by Oli and have managed to successfully
> install and load the nvidia driver.
>
> However, apparently I am now stuck in an X session instea
On Sat, Jan 04, 2025 at 11:22:15PM -0500, Anil F Duggirala wrote:
> hello everyone,
>
> I am looking to install the Nvidia proprietary driver in my Debian 12
> machine. This is a clean install on a Dell XPS 9550 laptop.
>
> I have Secure boot enabled. The instructions say that I need to enroll a
On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 10:23:09AM +, Chris Green wrote:
> hobie of RMN wrote:
> > For 20 years I've enjoyed Mutt as my primary mail reader. I used its
> > 'bounce' feature to deal with HTML mails, sending them to a webmail
> > program on a different server. But now the jellyfish anti-spam d
Hey all
How do I get an old kernel header package that is no longer in the
repository?
I have kernel 2.6.17 and need the headers to compile some modules but
the headers for this kernel is not to be found in the official
repository any more but I seem to recal that there was a site
somewhere that
Þann 2007-05-07, 13:06:01 (+) skrifaði Tim Johnson:
> On Monday 07 May 2007 20:27, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>
> >
> > As for will your devices work, your best bet is to get the netinst.iso
> > and boot it. Go to the second console and check the dmesg to compare
> > with your list.
> Is wh
Þann 2007-04-29, 06:16:55 (-0500) skrifaði Hugo Vanwoerkom:
> Hi,
>
> In Sid xmms latest version segfaults.
This version runs fine on my system, so I dont think it is xmms that
is causing the segfault. Does is segfault every single time? On some
specific files? If you know how to use strace then
Þann 2007-04-23, 19:39:50 (-0400) skrifaði Neil Katz:
> I used aptitude to install mondo (etch) on a new install:
>
> aptitude install mondo
>
> The dependent package mindi was installed and the recommended package
> kernel-image-2.6-amd64 was installed automatically. When this was
> installed
Þann 2007-04-20, 19:40:40 (+0530) skrifaði Santanu Chatterjee:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> I was trying to install mediawiki1.7 using aptitude. This
> package has 'apache | httpd' as one of its dependencies.
> I don't want to install apache. lighttpd seems to provide
> httpd. So I installed that.
>
> Now
Þann 2007-04-16, 10:31:49 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju S Kusumanchi:
> Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
>
> > Hi, I am trying to use octave2.9 in unstable (version 2.9.10 atm) but
> > each time I try to call a function from octave-forge I get something
> > like "error: d
Hi, I am trying to use octave2.9 in unstable (version 2.9.10 atm) but
each time I try to call a function from octave-forge I get something
like "error: dmlread' undefined near line 2 column 1", none of the
octave variables like DEFAULT_LOADPATH or LOADPATH are set, at least I
get an empty respons b
Þann 2007-03-06, 14:10:59 (-0300) skrifaði José Pablo Fernández:
> Hello,
> we are creating lot's of little scripts on our servers, some in bash, some in
> python and other languages may be picked as well. Currently we have a mess,
> scripts all
> over... /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bi
A quick search with google gave me some positive responses about this
service, but here are more discussions that you might want to look
through (at least the first one is not so positive, but it is
speculative).
http://www.castlecops.com/f240-Knujon_General_Discussion.html
HTH
Oli
Þann 2007-03
Does Octave not do the work for you?
http://octave.sourceforge.net/index/sparse.html
http://arxiv.org/abs/cs.MS/0604006
else try to ask in debian-science
HTH
Oli
Þann 2007-03-06, 00:27:37 (+0200) skrifaði Micha Feigin:
> I am trying to find a package for performing sparse matrix computations.
Hi, havnt been following this thread, just jumping in.
This link has some samples of musixtex that you could perhaps use to
get yourself familiar with it.
Else use something like noteedit to edit your music and if you want,
then you can export your music to musixtex.
HTH
Oli
Þann 2007-02-15, 18:
Hi, have you tried out latex -output-format dvi .tex?
That is skip the = sign.
I guess you have pdfetex installed and /usr/bin/latex pointing to that
(check by using which /usr/bin/latex)
HTH
Oli
Þann 2007-02-15, 17:59:07 (+0200) skrifaði Micha Feigin:
> Sorry, this was supposed to be sent to t
Þann 2007-02-11, 17:05:28 (-0500) skrifaði peter drew:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble getting my etch desktop to recognize a usb2 pci card.
>
> The card is a SYBA PCI USB 2.0 4+1 port controller card Model
> SD-V2-5U, and it provides power to the device (mp3 player) I'm trying
> to connect to,
Þann 2007-02-11, 22:30:18 (+0100) skrifaði Jörg Großhans:
>
> I've installed Etch yesterday and added some paritions to fstab. The
> partitions are mounted on boot, but they don't appear in the places-menu
> or on the desktop, only the root-partition appears in the places-menu.
> How can i add
Þann 2007-02-11, 16:40:55 (-0500) skrifaði cga2000:
> Is there a debian utility that returns the name of a package that ships
> a given program..?
>
> ie. - You're looking for program "pgm" .. so you type "whichpkg pgm"
> from the prompt and the whichpkg utility returns the name of the
> package(s
Þann 2007-02-11, 14:39:25 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On 02/11/07 14:30, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> > Hi, every time I put a new CD into my cd drive and grip does a lookup
> > for its names in freedb.org then t
Hi, every time I put a new CD into my cd drive and grip does a lookup
for its names in freedb.org then the program crashes. This happens
every time it has to look in freedb.org, if it doesnt have to do that
it doesnt crash. Anyone have an idea why this is happening?
Oli
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Þann 2006-10-31, 16:20:47 (+0900) skrifaði Lubos Vrbka:
> hi guys,
>
> when trying to install python-scipy and some other things on my
> up-to-date etch box, i encounter the following:
>
> python-scipy-core recommends python-scipy
> --\ The following actions will resolve this dependency:
>->
Þann 2006-10-31, 12:48:13 (-0300) skrifaði Debian User:
> Hello
>
> how to make to appear the bar of progress in scp ?
the progress bar is there by default, you turn it of by the -q switch
(so if it is not there for you now then you have maby set an alias for
it that uses the -q switch).
HTH
Ol
Þann 2006-10-31, 08:20:45 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
> Ok, read that. Does it mean that RES is *in addition to* SHR?
Thats not what the article says:
"SHR is shared memory. Potentionally shared memory. I.e. memory that
may be used not only by this particular app but also by some else. And
act
Þann 2006-10-31, 07:43:00 (-0600) skrifaði Ron Johnson:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Hi,
>
> PID USER VIRT RES SHR %MEM COMMAND
>
> 19383 me249m 101m 26m 10.0 firefox-bin
>
> 19068 me197m 73m 22m 7.3 icedove-bin
>
> 23727 me
Þann 2006-10-30, 13:32:45 (+) skrifaði Jonathan Roberts:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way to force cd icons on the desktop to
> launch in Totem rather than opening Nautilus?
I assume you are running Gnome so have a look in the D
Þann 2006-10-29, 19:20:37 (-0300) skrifaði Alejandro:
> Hi all, I've got an Iomega CD-RW USB connected to my Debian but I can't
> find any driver in Internet to download. Iomega official web site says
> that there is no support for LinuxDo you have any idea how I can do
> to work with this d
Þann 2006-10-28, 00:52:47 (+0200) skrifaði Bruno Costacurta:
> Hello,
>
> I cannot validate root password when using a 'KDE su' (meaning ie. cannot
> start synaptic from the KDE menu under a non-root account)
>
> However the same root password is accepted via other way, ie. 'su root' typed
> in
Þann 2006-10-25, 18:54:03 (-0400) skrifaði Matt Price:
> hi,
>
> I'm having a little trouble with the rss feed from planet debian.
> using firefox 2.0's native "live bookmark" features, I can generate a
> bookmark which fetches the titles of articles from planet debian. but
> when I try to click
Þann 2006-10-25, 09:18:32 (-0700) skrifaði Steve Juranich:
> I'm running an Athlon 64 X2-based system. If followed the instructions
> (posted on
> https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html)
> on how to set up a 32-bit chroot area using debootstrap. I also set up
>
Þann 2006-10-26, 12:02:44 (-0400) skrifaði Stefan Monnier:
>
> What tool can I use to extract some part of a pdf file?
> In kpdf, I can copy a piece of the PDF image and save it, but it's only
> saved as a bitmap, whereas I'd like to keep it in vector form.
This tool is not in debian but could do
Hi, I was trying to build a package from source and it gave me an
error when it tried to include the changelog file.
On executing the command dh_installchangelogs -i ChangeLog.txt I get
the error:
install: cannot change ownership of
debian/azureus/usr/share/doc/azureus/changelog.Debian': Operatio
Þann 2006-10-20, 11:21:19 (+0100) skrifaði Clive Menzies:
> On (20/10/06 10:57), Andrew Small wrote:
> > I use the command apt-get to keep my system up to date. The list of
> > repositories I use to get updated
> >
> > packages is kept in /etc/apt/sources.list. I already have a particular
> > p
Þann 2006-10-19, 12:24:26 (+) skrifaði Andrew Critchlow:
> Hi, I am new to iptables, can anyone point me to a good link on how to learn
> iptables from scratch? Or anyone recommend a good book on it?
Hi, look at the comments to this post
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/226
Oli
Þann 2006-10-14, 16:18:49 (+) skrifaði Francesco Pietra:
> $locate libXm.so
> reported
> warning, database '/var/cache/locatedb' is more than 8 days old
> /usr/lib/libXm.so.2
> /usr/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1
You have to update your database if you want locate to find that file
for you, run sudo updat
Þann 2006-10-13, 16:59:29 (+0200) skrifaði Ivan Glushkov:
> I have no idea if it runs or not, as far as I see it, it is not running,
> but I cannot be sure:
You can allways check if a process is running by using the ps -A
command, so to check if apache is running you run ps -A | grep apache
> 16
Þann 2006-10-13, 12:08:13 (+0200) skrifaði HXC:
> When I try to remove pyracerz I get this error:
>
> E: pyracerz: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
>
> Anyone knows how to solve this? I couldn't find it at bugs.debian.org
Installing pyracerz and removing with apt-get wo
Þann 2006-10-13, 13:44:19 (+0200) skrifaði Ivan Glushkov:
> Hi all,
>
> since one week I cannot update my debian, since I always get the following:
>
> 13:27 h1siglushkov /home/glushkov # apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Correcting dependenci
Þann 2006-10-12, 21:03:03 (-0400) skrifaði T:
> Hi
>
> I have both dchroot & schroot installed on my box, but I want to just keep
> one. On seeing:
>
> schroot shares most of its options with dchroot, but offers vastly
> more functionality.
>
> I decided to remove schroot because I don't need th
Þann 2006-10-12, 22:31:43 (+0100) skrifaði Peter Hillier-Brook:
> I've just installed Testing on an old 800MHz Pentium III. The
> installation seemed to go fine until the final 2 steps: I wasn't clear
> why a shell was invoked and then, having exited the shell the only
> option left was to abort
Þann 2006-10-12, 21:43:39 (+0200) skrifaði HXC:
> I would like to help with the debian.org website. I have a bachelor
> degree in communication management. Is there help needed and if so where
> do I start / who do I contact?
Hi HXC, have a look at this page:
http://www.de.debian.org/devel/websi
Was a little bit to quick there, I managed to compile it by setting
the QTDIR to /usr/share/qt3 instaed of /usr/share/qt4 like it was
before.
Oli
Þann 2006-10-12, 12:10:18 (+) skrifaði Olafur Jens Sigurdsson:
> Hi, I am trying to compile pdfedit (http://pdfedit.petricek.net/) but
>
Hi, I am trying to compile pdfedit (http://pdfedit.petricek.net/) but
havnt been successful so far. I have tried it on two machines (both
running unstable) and have gotten two different errors.
On one of them (using libqt3-dev) it doesnt find the /usr/include/qt3
directory and thus cant include an
Þann 2006-10-09, 20:03:31 (+0100) skrifaði michael:
> I get a similar error to the OP... any ideas?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get update
> Password:
> Get:1 ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable Release.gpg [189B]
> Get:2 ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org unstable Release [79.6kB]
> Ign ftp://ftp.uk.debi
Þann 2006-10-09, 19:44:14 (+0200) skrifaði Jabka Atu:
> Hello and good day;
> recantly i have bought acer 5102wlmi
> sys info:
> Amd Turion 64 x2.
> 1Gb.
> 100gb pata.
>
> I'd Like to run Debian Unstable for 64 bit.
> the question is how to instal it:
> 1.to install normal 32 bit an search to find
Þann 2006-10-01, 12:39:21 (+0200) skrifaði Tomasz Chmielewski:
> I have another Debian system mounted in /mnt/system2.
>
> Now, I'd like to install some new packages there, or upgrade the whole
> /mnt/system2 system.
>
> How can I do it with apt-get?
>
>
> dpkg has "--root" option, but unfortu
Þann 2006-10-01, 08:56:58 (+) skrifaði Francesco Pietra:
> With Debian etch i386 I am faced by a known issue that I met for the first
> time after an apt-get upgrade:
>
> Unable to parse package file /var/lib/dpkg/status (1)
>
> To my apt.conf
> APT::Authenticaction::TrustCDROM "true";
> Acq
Þann 2006-09-30, 01:08:27 (+0200) skrifaði Tom Verbreyt:
> Hey ho,
>
> Much to my surprise, there's no php5-mysqli available in sid.
> There is of course php5-mysql, but I'd like to stay in touch.
>
> In the wishlist bug at [1], the maintainer says the package
> has entered unstable, but I can't
Þann 2006-06-27, 02:38:46 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka:
> ~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> I do this
>
> ~$ sudo apt-get install hdparm
>
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> hdparm is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly ins
Þann 2006-06-26, 16:22:08 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka:
> Hi all;
> I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs...
Hi.
If you want to updgrade only one or two apps then all you have to do
is say apt-get install nameofpackage, and apt-get will download and
install the
Þann 2006-06-25, 20:17:09 (+0200) skrifaði Jan Willem Stumpel:
> When I want to print a man page, I usually do
>
> man -t command | lpr
>
> The -t option with man formats the page neatly as Postscript.
> But recently I found that instead of the expected man page,
> gibberish is printed (which loo
Þann 2006-06-24, 19:51:58 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju Kusumanchi:
> My actual problem is that I want to display a message at specific times
> (every
> 0th, 30th minute of hour) on the user's screen. I thought I can do this with
> cron and kmessage.
>
> I edited the crontab entry as
>
> 0,30 * *
Þann 2006-06-22, 00:14:37 (+) skrifaði Jason Spiro:
> All,
>
> I have problems with Skype too. Does anyone know of a good open-source
> VoIP program that will let me talk with my cousin in the U.S. who uses
> Windows? I believe both of us are behind firewalls. I prefer not to open
> up any por
Þann 2006-06-21, 02:11:26 (-0700) skrifaði CRASSlogic:
> Greets all.
> I recently installed Debian on my PowerMac G4. Having
> used OS X for a long time, i've acquired a perfectly
> organized library of full CD's, no drm, in the aac
> format.
>
> I've recently learned about how aac and mp3 are
>
Þann 2006-06-20, 09:30:52 (-0500) skrifaði Andrew Nelson:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a EVGA 6800 GS video card that doesn't seem to be working
> correctly. Here's the symtoms.
>
> 1. System runs perfectly fine for a bit.
> 2. Some random moment in time later everything becomes very choppy.
> 3. Sta
Þann 2006-06-19, 16:18:23 (+0200) skrifaði debian:
> Hello,
>
> Is there an alternative for smsclient ?
> I need a program to send sms from command line.
> i have some problems with it and the mailing list is appearantly not
> working anymore.
A simple apt-cache search sms showed many results.
Þann 2006-06-15, 11:54:02 (-0400) skrifaði Kamaraju Kusumanchi:
> Is there any document/wiki which explains the file name conventions of the
> various .[xX]* files in Debian system? In particular I am looking for the
> differences between .xinitrc, .xsession files.
My understanding is the .xinit
Þann 2006-06-15, 09:53:40 (+0200) skrifaði Mirto Silvio Busico:
> Hi all,
> sorry for cross-posting, but I don't know which is the right list.
>
> I need to use the italian localized version of oo2 on a Debian Etch
> distribution
>
> In the Debian testing (also in unstable) I have:
>
> openo
Þann 2006-06-15, 07:59:18 (+0200) skrifaði Waldemar la Tendresse:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:36:05PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > Why not put the alias in /etc/profile ?
> >
> > Greetings
> > Michelle Konzack
> >
> >
> I want have aliases set depending on the package presence/absence
Þann 2006-06-14, 12:22:27 (+0200) skrifaði Bruno Costacurta:
> Hello,
> audit2allow (from package policycoreutils) returns the following error:
>
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/audit2allow", line 27, in ?
> import commands, sys, os, pwd, string, getopt, re, selinux
> Imp
Þann 2006-06-12, 17:18:25 (+) skrifaði Olafur Jens Sigurdsson:
> Hi, I just installed fuse-source and used module-assistant to compile
> it and install it (all done as root) and now i cant access /dev/fuse as a
> regular user (even though I am a member of the fuse group as id and
>
Þann 2006-06-12, 14:45:10 (-0700) skrifaði Redefined Horizons:
> I'm currently running Debian Sarge and MS Windows XP Office on the
> same 8GB hard drive. I talked my IT guy out of a 20 GB hard drive. I'd
> like to install Debian on the new 20GB harddrive, and install MS
> Windows on the 8 GB hard
Well, assuming you are running alsa modules to run your hardware, then
you can use alsaconf (found in the alsa-utils package) to configure
the sound levels of your sound card. If you are not using alsa modules
you can just get any other mixer (KDE should have one) and fiddle
around with the setting
Hi, I just installed fuse-source and used module-assistant to compile
it and install it (all done as root) and now i cant access /dev/fuse as a
regular user (even though I am a member of the fuse group as id and
groups show) since /dev/fuse looks like this:
crw-rw 1 root root 10, 229 2006-06-
Þann 2006-06-12, 12:45:36 (-0400) skrifaði Roberto Sanchez:
> Before you do that, what are the contents of /etc/kernel-img.conf?
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
thats it.
Oli
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Well, never mind, I solved it.
What was wrong was that the /boot/initrd.img symlink didnt get updated.
Why is that? Should I file a bug against this package?
Oli
Þann 2006-06-12, 16:28:12 (+) skrifaði Olafur Jens Sigurdsson:
> Hi list
>
> I am having problems booting into my 2.6
Hi list
I am having problems booting into my 2.6.16-2-486 kernel, it stops at
some error messages the look like the following (this is pasted from
another web page where someone had a similar problem and didnt get any
answeres, it is edited to fit my case).
modprobe: Can't open dependencies file
Hi Allen, try to read the man page for apt-cdrom, it tells apt-get to
fetch packages from the cdrom instead of from the net if that is what
you really want (it is best to fetch packages from the net since then
you allways have access to the lates packages), read the man page for
apt-cdrom and perha
Þann 2006-06-11, 17:56:11 (-0400) skrifaði Thomas H. George:
> Mozilla can no longer display Windows media.
Sounds like a missing codec, see mplayers site about how to install
the right codecs (dont know why that particular codec was removed).
Oli
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Þann 2006-06-10, 18:12:58 (-0400) skrifaði Eike Lantzsch:
> Somehow my parallel devices /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp2 have evaporated. No hardware
> problem - I can print with that unloved "OS" from Redmond.
> I got devices in /dev/.static/dev/lp0 but I cannot "cat printtest.txt
> > /dev/.static/dev/lp0"
Þann 2006-06-09, 08:57:21 (-0400) skrifaði [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> which complains
>
> xserver-xorg postint warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been
> customised
Hmm, seem to remember someone else posting about this a short while
ago (within a month), ha
Þann 2006-06-09, 13:33:12 (+0100) skrifaði Digby Tarvin:
> Looks more like a problem with booting to the wrong filesystem. We
> probably need to know what the first few error messages were rather
> that the final result. Have you changed to boot config recently?
> What is the kernel command line?
Þann 2006-06-09, 05:27:46 (-0700) skrifaði Leonard Chatagnier:
> How does one read in human readable terms a log file
> that is a binary file such a faillog? There are other
> binary log files that I would like to check but don't
> know how.
> I'm sure debian wouldn't put the file there if it
> cou
Þann 2006-06-01, 10:12:46 (+0200) skrifaði Ivan Glushkov:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know which is the best & lightest editor for source code
> editing, which supports syntax highlighting. Currently when I want to
> edit fast some C/C++ file I am opening it with pico. I looked around,
> but
Þann 2006-05-31, 17:12:36 (-0400) skrifaði H.S.:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have searched google but haven't found an answer I was looking for. I
> want to upload some family pics to share among relatives. Some have
> dialup connections. To facilitate image downloads in their browsers, I
> want to upload p
Þann 2006-05-28, 11:15:51 (+0200) skrifaði Bart Schelstraete:
> > --
> >
> > More information is in /etc/X11/xkb/README.config. Another possible
> > approach is to temporarily remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf (by renaming it)
> > and trying if "dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg" comes up with a
>
> Thi
Þann 2006-05-28, 00:36:45 (+0200) skrifaði thierry:
> Is there any way to test an HD before installing an new system on it?
> I haave a strong suspiion about the reability of this HD, but money is
> still a problem in disregarding it right away
I guess you could just format it with a ext2 partiti
Þann 2006-05-27, 08:23:09 (+0200) skrifaði Bart Schelstraete:
> debian:/etc/X11# dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xorg
> xserver-xorg config warning: failed to infer keyboard layout from layout/lang
>'10 debian-installer/keymap doesn't exist--'
> xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X
Þann 2006-05-26, 12:09:20 (+0200) skrifaði Bart Schelstraete:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the current Debian 'unstable', and since yesterday my X
> doesn't accept the key inputs anymore. When I press a key, nothing
> happens. So my X is unusable.
>
> I noticed the log below, somebody who knows what I can
Þann 2006-05-26, 15:33:29 (+0200) skrifaði Hans du Plooy:
> On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 14:41 +0000, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> > Have you tried to grep through the /etc directory to search for the IP
> > for instance? Or just grep for rdate and see what you get.
>
> That&#x
Þann 2006-05-26, 19:08:47 (+0200) skrifaði Felix C. Stegerman:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using unstable on my desktop for several years now, and I'm
> very happy with it. I don't mind the occasional breakage, and
> actually think fixing bugs can be fun ;-). What I am planning to do
> now, is to set up
Þann 2006-05-26, 13:35:01 (+0200) skrifaði Mark Walter:
> Hi,
>
> I'am using a vanilla kernel and I'am trying to mount a cd with:
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt
>
> but I receive the error message:
>
> mount: /dev/scd0 is not a valid block device
What does dmesg tell you? Is the drive rea
Þann 2006-05-26, 04:39:55 (-0400) skrifaði N A:
> Is it possible to install Debian as a dual-boot on an Intel Celeron
> system using only the existing windows partition and a removable hard
> drive ~250MiB? If so, how would one do so?
Yes, you can do that by using a virtual machine (see
http://
Þann 2006-05-25, 19:04:36 (-0400) skrifaði Richard:
> Is there a way to read mp3 ID3 tags using greg?,
> to find a certain information.
> ie. joint stereo, and being able to select those, and delete them,
> from the folder.
You have to use an external tool (something like eyed3 on the mp3
files) a
Þann 2006-05-24, 23:22:19 (+0200) skrifaði Hans du Plooy:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm getting a mail every now and then (a few times a day, it seems):
>
> Subject:
> Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/sbin/rdate 128.2.136.71 | logger -t NTP
>
> Body:
> rdate: connect: Connection refused
>
> For the life of m
Þann 2006-05-24, 14:18:10 (-0700) skrifaði Marc Shapiro:
> I do NOT run gnome (or KDE), I use fvwm.
>
> I am trying to clean up my system and eliminate unnecessary packages.
>
> I have previously removed quite a few gnome applications, but some
> things remain.
>
> I note that gconfd-2 is runni
Þann 2006-05-05, 18:56:50 (-0400) skrifaði Gil Citro:
> I'm running Debian sarge on an AMD64 processor (but only running 32
> software due to caring more about compatibility than performance) and
> am trying to install FSL. I installed from the Debian packages which
> worked fine.
>
> The documen
Þann 2006-05-05, 20:28:36 (+0200) skrifaði Andrea Ganduglia:
> I'm becoming a true geek, I removed wdm and now after login I type
> `startx', but audio don't work without {X,D}DM. Why?
Could have something to do with settings of your mixer.
Try out alsamixer (or some other audio mixer) and play a
Þann 2006-05-05, 19:43:08 (+0200) skrifaði Søren Christensen:
> I have some jpg-graphics, that I need to use in a leaflet-folder, that
> shall be printed in offset.
>
> The jpg-graphics are in rgb-colormodel, but the printer would like to
> have them in the cmyk-model.
>
> How can I convert betwe
Hi Marco, if it is enough for you to just check for MD5 sums then use
the debsums program, it does that for you.
Cheers
Oli
Þann 2006-04-14, 18:04:03 (+0200) skrifaði Marco Prandini:
>
> Hello,
> I'm switching to Debian after a long time on RedHat, and I haven't been
> able to find a couple of
Þann 2006-04-14, 05:47:50 (-0400) skrifaði Simon Meelich:
> Hi list,
>
> is there any product for Linux, which can print to a HP Lightscribe DVD
> burner?
Umm, have you tried out any of the cd-burning programs (dont know if
they work)?
Here are a few: arson, cdrbq, eroaster, gcdw, k3b, nautilus
Þann 2006-04-13, 15:13:09 (+0200) skrifaði Jörg Herzinger:
> I installed Debain Sarge on an old Pentium II machine. No I got the problem
> that these 2 packages (ssh and pidentd) return an "invalid machine command"
> (translated from german so the exact english error may differ a bit).
> I alrea
Þann 2006-03-11, 22:07:44 (-0500) skrifaði Mark Fletcher:
> gawab wrote:
>
> > Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> >> Marc Shapiro said:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Personally, my theory on the REAL reason that the release cycles have
> >>> been getting so long is that we are running out of "Toy Story"
> >>> character
Þann 2006-03-10, 22:55:03 (-0500) skrifaði William Roca:
> Hi, my name is William. I am about to install Debian Operating System, but
> I have a problem. While trying to install, I got a message that said: "no
> Ethernet card detected". Could you help?
Is your case perhaps that you dont have an
Þann 2006-03-11, 10:58:38 (+0100) skrifaði Mark Walter:
> I mount the DVD with:
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt
Uhh, why do you mount the DVD?
Xine should just read the DVD unmounted just like with a music CD right?
> The first time I started xine there was a player where it was able to
>
Þann 2006-03-11, 19:22:22 (+0700) skrifaði Surachai Locharoen:
> I use debian testing and Gnome 2.12. I can not lock screen. How to fix
> it? Is this problem related to the xscreenserver? because I have
> initialize xscreenserver and see the xscreenserver demo.
Do you get any error messages?
Oli
Þann 2006-03-11, 04:52:27 (-0700) skrifaði Charles:
> I've noticed that I have files piling up in /var/cache, /var/log, and
> /var/lib. These three folders now have 100 mb of files in them.
>
>
> Which of these must be present for the machine to run? This is (at the
> moment) a home machine;
Þann 2006-03-11, 04:47:40 (-0800) skrifaði belahcene abdelkader:
> thanks,
> right
> but in my case 2.6.8 there is no snd-hda-intel.ko
>
> dpkg -S snd-hda-intel.ko
> dpkg : *snd-hda-intel.ko* not found
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
> Linux debian21 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Thu May 19 17:40:50 JST
> 2005
No wonder you cant find any radon.o kernel modules since the modules
name is radeon.ko (notice the extra e and k) and are located in
/lib/modules/(kernel-version)/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
Try upgrading your kernel to 2.6.14, dont know if it has the desired
version of the radeon module but it is wo
Þann 2006-03-10, 12:49:57 (+0100) skrifaði Marco Calviani:
> Hi list,
>i would like to define global variables for all the user of a
> Debian system, for example the following:
>
> CERN=/usr/local/cernlib
> CERN_LEVEL=2005
> CERN_ROOT=/usr/local/cernlib/2005
> PATH=/usr/local/cernlib/2005/bin
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