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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:42:36 -0600
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote,
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: gscanbus in Lenny
> IMHO, don't use deselect. Officially, aptitude is
> preferred to both deselect and apt-get, now.
Thanks
Since updating Squeeze yesterday evening, LXDE has these features.
* Approximately the rightmost 1/3 of the display is inaccessable
to the mouse pointer.
* Panel icons get no response.
* The desktop menu is absent.
* The icon for the terminal emulator is absent from the toolbar panel.
I read the
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:05:35 +0200
> From: johan...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Peter Crawford wrote:
>> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=
Hotmail omitted the message body but not their annoying signature.
> You are on the wrong trac
September 10, 2009 1:06:03 PM Ron wrote,
"Did you forget to write something?"Well I've updated the version number in
about:config
general.useragent.extra.firefox ... Firefox/3.0.9
... Peter
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September 10, 2009 1:06:03 PM Ron wrote,
"Did you forget to write something?"
Well I've updated the version number in about:config
general.useragent.extra.firefox ... Firefox/3.0.9
If you read this, it worked.
... Peter
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Tom,
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:19:40 +0200
> From: thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com wrote,
> relates to the default "lastused = True" in wired-settings.conf, if
> there is no "lastused" settings it fails instead of using default
> profile (would look like a bug...). Did you try setting [lastused
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:12:28 +0200
> From: thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Linksys USB200M adapter failing under wicd
> for wicd to work you need an empty /etc/network/interfaces file (except lo).
Yes; as specified in http://wiki.debian.org/
Squeeze is recently updated.
Using /etc/network/interfaces, a Linksys USB200M
works as expected.
To use wicd, the instructions in
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#OtherGUI
were followed; yet the connection failed.
After "/etc/init.d/wicd restart" these lines appear
in /var/log/wicd/wicd.l
> From: creature...@hotmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: Failure of X in squeeze.
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:15:00 -0700
> These are the last two lines in Xorg.0.log.
> (WW) intel(0): xf86UnMapVidMem: cannot find region for [0xb36fd000,0x300]
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/us
> From: jdkay...@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: Failure of X in squeeze.
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:41:58 +0200
> Is this some sort of spam? I don't see a question anywhere.
Yes; unintentional spam. One more try.
Since earlier in August, X has failed in Squeeze running
on an IBM NetVista. Nothing r
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Since earlier in August, X has failed in Squeeze running
on an IBM NetVista. Nothing relevant has turned up
in http://wiki.x.org/ nor in /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg.
These are the last two lines in Xorg.0.log.
(WW) intel(0): xf86UnMapVidMem: cannot find region for [0xb36fd000,0x300]
FreeFo
> From: creature...@hotmail.com
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: finding a wireless interface
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:29:36 -0700
> How can I find the eth number? This is no help.
> newton:~# cat /proc/pci
> cat: /proc/pci: No such file or directory
Simply,
newton:~# iwconfig
lo
In Squeeze, an SMC wireless card appears to be initialized OK.
newton:~# pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "SMC", "SMC2632W", "Version 01.02", ""
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
newton:~# pccardctl status
Socket 0:
5.0V 16-bit PC Ca
Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:17:18AM +0800, 明覺 wrote:
> I want to keep the programs in my system all written in c/c++, no
> python or perl or any other programming languages, is it possible to
> reach it?
Eventually you might find DirectFB acceptable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectFB
Lack of XDi
Any advice about choosing one of geneweb, gramps,
and lifelines?
Thanks, ... p. crawford
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> I think he should install debian on their first and then come back to
> ask the list :)
Documentation is sparce. After spending the
weekend trying to install Debian I abandoned it.
Native Oberon works well.
Regards,
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:16:57 +0200
Michelle Konzack wrote,
> Do you know, how to use Google?
> Or do you know the website of Panasonic?
Somehow I stumbled upon this page before posting the query.
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Phones-Fax/Telephones/DECT-6-0-Phones/mode
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:26:39 +0900
Osamu Aoki wrote
> Are you using POTS PPP?
Cable modem.
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_finding_optimal_mtu
Tells how to do Path MTU (PMTU) discovery. I'd rather
see a simple direct confirmation that Shaw dhcp is
invo
I'm interested to know how and why the MTU on the interface
to an ISP, shaw.ca, is set to 576 rather than 1500.
I haven't found a man page for dhcp3-client. Is there a trace or
debug setting for dhcp3-client? How should the dhcp process be
monitored?
Thanks, ... p. crawford
The bezel of a Panasonic Model KX-TGA641C cordless
phone is marked "SIP PHONE" but the instruction booklet
has no mention of the SIP capability. Can anyone cite
pertinent documentation or offer tips about configuration.
The phone might be able to communicate through my
wireless router but I
During a recent update of squeeze this warning appeared.
warning: /usr/lib/python-support/hplip/python2.4/cupsext.so is linked but does
not belong to any package.
The currently functioning python is 2.5.
Is a corrective action needed? Will a
subsequent update solve the problem?
Thanks,
At Mon, 25 May 2009 10:17:12 -0400
> Use openbox/lxde.
Looks promising. Will try it. Thanks, ... p. crawford
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At Tue, 26 May 2009 09:48:23 +0300
Andrei Popescu wrote,
> You can always append a '&' or just try
>
> xfce4-panel --restart
Desktop Menu -> Applications -> Run Program ...
works.
Do you still have it if you restart xfce4?
No; I put it in
Desktop Menu -> Applications -> Settings -> Session and
At Mon, 25 May 2009 20:31:18 +0300
andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote,
> What do you mean by "yields nothing".
Normally
Desktop menu -> Applications -> Settings -> Panel
would yield a Xfce viewer for configuring the panels.
Now this does not appear.
> Try adding a new one.
How?
At Mon, 25 M
The xfce4-panel package is installed but
for a few days now panels have been absent
from Xfce4 in Squeeze. No system tray.
Desktop menu -> Applications -> Settings -> Panel
yields nothing.
Is there a simple solution?
Thanks, ... Peter E.
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Tom,
> might be a problem specific to the webcam driver, because here Skype
> works all right on Squeeze (amd64) with an uvcvideo webcam.
The system here has no camera. Skype crashes as it
tries to open the video coming from the other Skype.
In a developer list there was discussion about rearran
After updating Squeeze on 2009-05-19 Skype
crashed when it tried to open the video viewer.
Disabling the video option allows use of audio.
With any luck this will be resolved or Ekiga will
work again soon.
Regards, ... p. crawford
Aaron,
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 23:02:17 -0500
> ... If you tell your LAN
> machines to use the router (with dnsmasq) as their DNS server, that
> should work.
>
> Or do I misunderstand?
Exactly what I want. Thanks,... p. crawford
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> This doesn't look like a problem with DNS.
>
> But what could it be?
Does /etc/hosts begin thus?
127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost
127.0.1.1mycomputer.invalidmycomputer
If so, try commenting the 2nd line.
Regards, ... p. crawford
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> /dev/fujitsu which it gets from the ...
That was meant to indicate the serial number.
/dev/fujitsu1234567 for example. Hotmail
omitted some of the text in the prior message.
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Andrei Popescu wrote,
> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:20:31 +0300
> ...
> Those are usually symbolic links to the real device:
>
> $ ls -l /dev/dvd*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-12 09:05 /dev/dvd -> hda
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2009-05-12 09:05 /dev/dvdrw -> hda
With scsi storage, which inclu
Boyd & others,
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:12 -0500
> ...
> So, it always uses DNS, not paying attention to your settings in
> nsswitch.conf. In particular, it doesn't read /etc/hosts because it doesn't
> use the "files" NS module.
OK, thanks.
dnsmasq on a linux router can provide a subordin
Suppose that a LAN has machines myworkstation and myserver
with private addresses and that myworkstation:/etc/hosts
contains this line.
172.24.1.1myserver.site.invalidmyserver
What response should come from `host myserver` executed
on myworkstation? By consulting /etc/hosts, it should
Since release of an overhauled Xfce to Squeeze about a week ago,
Skype no longer starts automatically. The gadget for invoking
applications at startup appears to have been removed. Is there
a new method to specify startup applications?
Thanks, p. crawford
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Andrei wrote,
> exec startxfce4
>
> in .xinitrc and run startx.
No improvement. The Log Out button quits the X
session. The Shut Down and Reboot buttons
produce a complaint and then quit the X session.
Does the reboot/shutdown gadget work properly
for everyone else using Xfce in Squeeze?
Andrei P. wrote,
> Do you have hal, consolekit and policykit installed?
All of them.
> How do you start X?
startxfce4 for a few years now.
> ... at least 10 days ... to migrate to testingIf there is no simple answer I
> can shelve it for a week or two.
Thanks, ... p. c.
At Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:05:41 -0500 Dave Witbrodt wrote,
'I decided that
adding myself to the "powerdev" group
made more sense ... than
needing ... root permissions
just to power off.'
Worked until the big update of Xfce this past week.
Now there is a complaint mentioning
"org.freedesktop.h
Chris,
"If by that you're referring to a UNIX/Linux system, ..."
Any system providing a command line is sufficient.
It could be a DEC VT100 or an Atari or a Mac Plus.
Cut & paste saves typing and that is enough for most
purposes.
"I would recommend that you use /usr/lib/sendmail as
the exe
> 'man sendmail' and you should figure it out.
Changed little, if any, from years ago.
sendmail links to exim. Should be no harm
in using exim rather than sendmail.
>> What is it you want to achieve?
>
> Initiate a message via the command interface.Which has merit when initiating
> a messag
Andrei & Chris,
> From: chris-use...@roaima.co.uk
> Subject: Re: execution of exim by user
> Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:40:58 +0100
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> ...
> /usr/lib/sendmail -v chris # Yes this is exim
pe...@dalton:~$ which exim
pe...@dalton:~$ which /usr/sbin/exim
/usr/sbin/e
Is there a practical way for exim to be executed by a user?
Putting a user in the Debian-exim group doesn't allow this.
Thanks,... p. crawford
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> I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) ...
There is a Belkin in a Squeeze here; 2.6.26-1 686.
Probably have to open the case to verify the
220v1 number. A LAN machine connects through
a Linksys USB200M. Also I've connected flash
stores and a USB-ATA adapter to a hdd. All
Can nyone tell me which packages to install
to edit and recompile the pegasus driver?
A kernel header package is installed;
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686/include/config/usb/pegasus.h
is empty.
Thanks, ... p. crawford
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A Skype forum mentions redirecting the output from
an IEEE 1394 camera to make it appear as a USB
camera.
A trivial search hasn't yielded any help. Can
anyone describe how this is done or cite
instructions?
Thanks, ... p. crawford
At Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:18:38 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote,
"Also, do you get the error:
touch: cannot touch `/var/lock/subsys/shorewall': No such file or directory
"
Ref. man shorewall.conf.
Appears that a recent update intended to
replace the lock /var/lock/subsys/shorewall
with the
Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Joel Roth wrote,
> 1) write your own udev rule
> 2) have a script in /etc/init.d do the chown on bootup
January 26, 2009 2:29:19 PM Mike Castle wrote,
> While I agree that, in this instance, a udev solution is more
> appropriate (this stuff can change with hot plu
Folk,
A year or two back in Etch, xfsm-shutdown-helper
with the appropriate entry in /etc/sudoers, allowed
"Log Out", "Restart" and "Shut Down".
Now in Lenny, this message is on the console after
Log Out.
** Message: xfsm-shutdown-helper.c:215: Hal not available or does not permit to
shutd
Folk,
j:/home/pc# ls -dl /dev/raw*
crw-rw 1 root disk 171, 0 2009-01-26 10:21 /dev/raw1394
Changing the group from "disk" to "video" allows a user of
coriander, access to the camera. Yet this is unsatisfactory because
changing an ownership after each reboot is inconvenient and
because IE
Folk,
A Unibrain Fire-i is working for Coriander.
Neither Ekiga nor Skype detect a video device.
Any ideas?
Thanks, ... p. crawford
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Last week I installed Lenny on an IBM ThinkPad 240X.
After "Log Out" from X using the xfsm-shutdown-helper
the screen is black. Appears that the console is left
in a bad configuration.
There is no obviously pertinent complaint in dmesg,
in syslog or in Xorg.0.log.old.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:15:37 -0600
> From: mich...@pbandjelly.org
> Subject: Re: dialing modem as normal user
> ... executable by the 'dip' group - 'ls -l /usr/sbin/pppd'
For sake of interest, does anyone know the etymology
of dip?
... p. crawford
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:43:40 -0600
> From: ron.l.john...@cox.net
> Subject: Re: Unibrain Fire-i with kernel 2.6.26-1-686
> "IOW, nothing in syslog or dmesg?"
Found that the TSB43AB23 chipset on the Adaptec
1394-PCI card isn't supported. Ref.
http://www.linux1394.org/
Installing another
> From: b...@iguanasuicide.net
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:42:36 -0600
> IMHO, don't use deselect. Officially, aptitude is preferred to both deselect
> and apt-get, now.
OK. Should it run under single user mode?
Do you use it in multi-user mode?
... p. crawford
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> From: ch...@mretc.net
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:35:54 -0700
> wget ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/spsdks45.exe
Yes, direct FTP works in milliseconds.
Thanks, ... p. crawford
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Does anyone have a clever way to retrieve file
spsdks45.exe which has a link on this page?
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4MCKB8.html
Iceweasel in Lenny is here.
After I agree to the conditions of use,
transfer appears to happen but no record
is left of the file.
Thanks,
> From: creature...@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:26:28 -0800
"This afternoon I connected a Unibrain Fire-i,
part number 2036, IEEE 1394 camera to an Adaptec
1394-PCI card in Lenny with kernel 2.6.26-1-686.
The adaptec card is detected; the camera is not."
Appears that the chipset on th
According to dselect in Lenny, gscanbus depends upon libglib1.2
and libglib1.2ldbl, which conflict. This is a known transient?
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> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:43:40 -0600
> From: ron.l.john...@cox.net
"IOW, nothing in syslog or dmesg?"
dalton:~# cat /var/log/syslog | grep 1394
Jan 13 17:04:39 dalton kernel: [ 20.23] ohci1394: fw-host0: Get PHY Reg
timeout [0x/0x/100]
Jan 13 17:04:39 dalton kernel: [
This afternoon I connected a Unibrain Fire-i,
part number 2036, IEEE 1394 camera to an Adaptec
1394-PCI card in Lenny with kernel 2.6.26-1-686.
The adaptec card is detected; the camera is not.
Forced loading of video1394 and raw1394 give
no improvement.
Googling "site:debian.org 1394 camera"
Ron,
> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:11:21 -0600
> And there's nothing in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old?
=== /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old ===
...
(WW) intel(0): DRI is disabled because it runs only at 16-bit depth.
...
(WW) intel(0): xf86AllocateGARTMemory: allocation of 1024 pages failed
(Cannot allo
> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:25:03 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> What video driver?
...
> Driver Info #0:
...
> Driver Info #1:
...
A little more specifically,
netvista:~# lsmod | grep intel
...
intel_agp 22332 1
agpgart28776 2 intel_agp
In another machine, an
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:25:03 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> What video driver?
pc:~# hwinfo --gfxcard
22: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_1132
Unique ID: _Znp.fn+mbaSVDLF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci:00/:00:02.0
Users,
Launching X-terminal-emulator immediately
kills X in Debian Lenny, kernel 2.6.26+17,
Xfce4, running on an IBM NetVista 6578-RAU.
The screen is left with a pattern reminiscent
of cloth from a malfunctioning loom. The
same system on a generic PC has no such
problem.
Nothing I fo
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