Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

> > Does anyone think that by adding the $username to that group as well, will help > > here ?? Just curious ...and I do not have, nor use USB pen drives, otherwise > > I'd test it myself -- thanks.. > > I just tried this: I commented out the "plugdev" policy lines in > hal.conf; this broke the au

Re: Why i can not mount my USB stick automatically?

Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 21:55:40 +0800, Richard van der Veen wrote: > > Hello I use Debian Sid and i used to have this configuration that whenever i > > put the USB stick into the computer i see a window opened to let me choose if > > i want to mount the stick and see its

Re: Error in sid upgrade: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.0.22_i386.deb

Bill Moseley wrote: > Any tips where to go from here? > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > flightgear: Depends: libalut0 but

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ooops. I guess I wasn't as clear as I could have been. > > Editing /etc/default/bootlod to set > BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=yes > > Works like a charm. > > Miles Thanks for clarifying that for me ;-) Regards __ Do You Yahoo!? Tire

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Florian Kulzer wrote: > > I'll echo the question about where to find that out other than a helpful > > reply on this list. > > A manpage does not always include specific info about how things are set > up in Debian, unfortunately. (You can file a wishlist bug asking the > package maintainer to i

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

[ apologies for the long time since replying ] Miles Fidelman wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Mumia W. wrote: > >> AFAIK, that's not the way you enable boot-logging. Just edit > >> /etc/default/bootlogd. > >> > > > > It did not take affect

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Mumia W. wrote: > AFAIK, that's not the way you enable boot-logging. Just edit > /etc/default/bootlogd. > It did not take affect after a warm (re)boot -- so I'll try your suggestion - but why wouldn't the man page say how to enable it? Or where should I look for that kind of info instead? I'm _

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Wulfy wrote: > man bootlogd it's part of the sysvinit package... :) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S bootlogd > sysvinit: /sbin/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/init.d/stop-bootlogd > initscripts: /etc/default/bootlogd > sysvinit: /usr/share/man/man8/bootlogd.8.g

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Miles Fidelman wrote: > Wulfy wrote: > > Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > >>> El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > capture are generated too early in the startup process

Re: newbie question -- Using Bootlog, Startup Messages, Console

Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El jue, 20-07-2006 a las 22:09 -0400, Miles Fidelman escribió: > > and it turns out that it sure looks like the messages I'm trying to > > capture are generated too early in the startup process to hit the log > > files - guess I have to connect my laptop to the serial p

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

Nick Wright wrote: > > Use file:// rather than cdrom: for archives on disk. When > > apt-get sees a cdrom: source, it naturally thinks that it's a > > real CD-ROM device. > > That makes some degree of sense -- however, for one thing the mounted > iso image cannot be used directly as a file://

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

> > I now have this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main > > [...] > > Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled > > 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)' > >

Re: Editing run level S

Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 09:19:08PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > Leading on from the earlier posters question about configuring an > > encrypted filesystem that does not interrupt the boot process with > > a password prompt... > > > > Can anyone tell me what the 'Debian way'

Re: CD writer wear out?

Art Edwards wrote: > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there > something I should be doing? You must be joking! You're "

Re: Mount a CD-ROM automatically

Henrique Rennó wrote: > Hello!!! > > I'd like to know if it is possible to mount a cd-rom automatically > when I put a cd in the cd-rom drive without needing to type mount > /mnt/cdrom for instance. > > Do I have to add some options to /etc/fstab instead of auto that tells > to mount just at boot

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 12:48:44PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > I have NOT yet *chosen* memtest86+ from my GRUB menu, but it's there now, and I > > will try to boot into it during next reboot ;-) > > cool, I;m curious to see if others

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:22:59PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > ACPI hmm.. Let's see output of 'dmesg | grep ACPI' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI > BIOS-e820: 0dfec000 - 0dfef000 (ACPI data)

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 02:02:42AM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > ~$ sudo update-grub > > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub . > > Testing for an existing GRUB menu.list file... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Willie Wonka wrote: > Back to you and Memtest86; > I too have used the Knoppix CD and type this at the prompt; > Boot: memtest86 > > Just did a bit of searching my local HD, and it turns out I hadn't yet > installed memtest86+ this time around - so I just recently insta

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Willie Wonka wrote: > Couple of thoughts; > > * I notice the "nobody" account/group(?) start thrashing late at night, when > the monitor (only) has been sleeping for a little, which translates into me not > using the system and it's resources at that time (idle). I

Re: diagnosing hard-locks [was memtest+ won't load]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 11:08:00AM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > now on to finding the source of my hard locks. ugh./ > > > > Be sure to check the temperature of your CPU. (been there) > > yeah, ano

Re: clarification regarding icons seen during a Debian installation.

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 06:56:31PM +0530, Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: > > On 7/5/06, Damon L. Chesser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >well, I did say IIRC, I don't exactly install Debian every day. Maybe > > >someone else has more concrete info for you? > >

Re: No menus on some multimedia apps (xmms, audacity)

Luis Hidalgo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Sarge 3.1 AMD64 port on an acer ferrari 4005, kernel 2.6.14. > I'm a bit concerned with the fact that when I open some apps like xmmx > or audacity, the menus have all the options and the programs behave > the usual way, with a slight inconvenience: > >

Re: how to scroll wheel events to multimedia keys in kde?

Toshiro wrote: > IMWheel: A daemon for X11, which watches for mouse wheel actions and outputs > them as keypresses > > What I want is exactly the opposite of what imwheel provides. > > Regards, > Toshiro. > > PS: Of course I'm running xorg (in sid) Oh wellhmmm - are you using 'xmodmap'?

Re: xorg dies. Modules loaded in wrong order?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This should really be a follow-up to another message I posted, which hasn't arrived back yet. > > On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 10:21:37PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:30:

Re: xorg dies. Modules loaded in wrong order?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:30:15PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > After upgrading my etch to xorg7.0 and making everything up-to-date > > yesterday, (except for a few package aptitude didn't want to > > update) things went fine for a reboot or two. But today when

Re: how to scroll wheel events to multimedia keys in kde?

Toshiro wrote: > Hi! > > I have a Genius Ergomedia 700 keyboard that has tons of extra > keys. > > I've been able to map all of them except an included scroll wheel, I have the > scancodes that generates but I don't know which command should I map so it > behaves exactly as a mouse scroll wh

Re: locale and font alias

T wrote: > On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:51:44 -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > >> My system comes with default locale not English. How can set the default > >> locale to English? > > > > ~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales#As a User ~$ dpkg-reconfigure locales &g

Re: Sending mail takes ages.

Pete Clarke wrote: > > Could be an ident lookup timeout? > > > > Set: > > > > rfc1413_query_timeout = 0s > > > > Steve > > That appears to have made quite a difference...certainly from OE... > I will test it on the other clients too ... > > Thanks a lot :-D > > Cheers, I have had this bo

Re: locale and font alias

T wrote: > Hi > > My system comes with default locale not English. How can set the default > locale to English? ~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales#As a User ~$ dpkg-reconfigure locales #As Root use the SpaceBar key to place/remove an [x] in the boxes - use Tab key to jump around, use U

Re: dchroot with sid

Roger Leigh wrote: > > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I'm the schroot/dchroot maintainer. I missed the initial > question, but I'd just like to note that Hello! and Thank you for your awesome work and support ;-) > - the dchroot behaviou

Re: rsync weirdness

JJ wrote: > Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > > > I don't think I have lost the rsync data. Basically, what I do is: > > > > rsync -nave ssh ~/Documents/stuff/ remote:~/school/stuff/ > > > > Even if have changed only one or two files, it still wants to transfer > > everything. > > > > I will check ou

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 04:22:08PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Hi all; > > I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs... > > Then get the source of newer version and compile it yourself under > stable environment. >

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 23:08:43 -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > There is a sanity check in the pre-removal script of the kernel image. > If you try to run > > sudo dpkg -r l

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 04:00:09PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: [ Hi -- you wouldn't believe the nightmare I just went through these last couple of days -- my keyboard is possessed by Linda Blair and the Stepford Wives, as well as being in need of an Exorc

Re: dchroot with sid

Owen Heisler wrote: > As a workarround, you can set the SU_NO_SHELL_ARGS environment variable > before calling dchroot, or execute > dchroot -- -c "command" > instead of > dchroot -- command > ___ > > And you say write a script, so I put the following in ~/go > ___ > #!/bin/bash >

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Hi; > what does apt-cache policy hdparm show? ~$ apt-cache policy hdparm hdparm: Installed: 6.1-2 Candidate: 6.6-1 Package Pin: 6.6-1 Version Table: 6.6-1 990 500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages *** 6.1-2 990 990 ftp://ftp.

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Willie Wonka wrote: Ok folks - now I'm really confused...but hey; I may just get it (have it) right *crosses-fingers* This was done after I reread the 'man' pages for 'apt_preferences', apt.conf, sources.list _and_ after reading the info; <http://www.debian.org/

Re: Grub question?

Bob McGowan wrote: > >> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 12:11 -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > >>I am thinking of installing debian on partition /dev/sda6 > >>(on a SATA hard disk). Grub menu entry for root partition: > >> > >>will/should it be (hd0,5) or (sd0,5)? > > It is (hd0,5). Grub uses hd for all hard d

Re: Sarge Kernel Image Package Question

[ message reformatted for easier reading ] [ Please don't top post -- thank you ;-) ] > > > Somehow the Debian Developers don't see this as a problem (having to > > > manually install the meta package). I reported this in March [1] when > > > it appeared to me to be a problem many users would hav

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Þann 2006-06-27, 02:38:46 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka: > > So obviously I'm still at v6.1, rather than 6.6 (the one I want) > Yes, I misunderstood you in your original posting, I thought you were > using the testing distribution in your s

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Paul E Condon wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 04:22:08PM -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > Stop! You need to read documentation on apt-get and aptitude before you go > any further in changing your system. There are situations in which following > piecemeal advice, as you are getting i

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

--- Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > > you can just say apt-get update > > and then apt-get install hdparm and it will install hdparm and upgrade > > all the packages that hdparm depends on and none else. > Ok...

Re: apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Þann 2006-06-26, 16:22:08 (-0700) skrifaði Willie Wonka: > Hi. Hi and Thanks for your reply... > 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

apt-get pinning ? - Sarge / Stable - only install certain/specific packages from "testing"

Hi all; I have a few quick questions about how to upgrade ONLY certain apps/pkgs... Right now, I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1r1 (Kernel 2.6.8-2-386) -- after much searching through the archives and also visiting the ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main site to look around myself...I need to ask firstl

Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d - rcconf, update-rc.d, sysv-rc-conf

cga2000 wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 02:23:32PM EDT, cga2000 wrote: > > Is there a "Debian way" to modify startup scripts? Changes might > > include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the > > daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. > > > > Additionally,

Re: customizing scripts /etc/init.d

cga2000 wrote: > Is there a "Debian way" to modify startup scripts? Changes might > include: deactivating automatic startup of a given daemon.. changing the > daemon's running options.. adding a new script.. etc. I too would like to know more about this myself; As a start -- Found this info;

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:47:06PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 09:34:38 -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > So, if I understand you correctly, you don't have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > file at all, and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" re

Re: mounting USB mass storage devices

Matej Kosik wrote: > shire:/home/kosik# cat /dev/sda > cat: /dev/sda: No such device or address Now why would you do that ? It'll make your pager ('cat', in this instance) go bonkers! CTRL+C to stop it > shire:/home/kosik# fdisk /dev/sda > Unable to open /dev/sda As a ty

mounting USB mass storage devices

Got a /etc/fstab entry like this? dev/sda /media/usbkey autorw,user,noauto 0 0 and have you issued this command from a console, to create it's 'mount' point, as defined in fstab, as shown above? $ sudo mkdir -p /media/usbkey A quick search through the archives yields;

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Got a /etc/fstab entry like this? dev/sda /media/usbkey autorw,user,noauto 0 0 and have you issued this command from a console, to create it's 'mount' point, as defined in fstab, as shown above? $ sudo mkdir -p /media/usbkey A quick search through the archives yields;

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Willie Wonka wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > > > T wrote: > > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > > in debian. > > > > As said in my recent

Re: Xorg Configuration in Etch

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > T wrote: > > where can I find the xorgcfg and/or xorgconfig in Etch? > > What is really missing is a piece of documentation of how to set up xorg > in debian. > > As said in my recent post, my dist-upgrade from sarge to etch went fine, > except that I don't know ho

Re: altering middle-click behaviour in epiphany (was Re: multiple epiphany process)

I wrote; > I think Linux just mounted my 3 winblows partitions without me telling > it to -- I guess it's time to reboot ...but it's > likely more KDE's fault (and the lack of enough RAM) than the > underlying kernel's Yeppers; Once I finally closed down KDE (2 Windows - each with many Tabs),

Re: altering middle-click behaviour in epiphany (was Re: multiple epiphany process)

Jon Dowland wrote: > At 1150783598 past the epoch, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Since Epiphany is based upon the XUL Gecko engine that > > Moz/FF uses (I think I said that correctly) - it also > > incorporates the magical--> 'about:config' > > Wow I didn

Re: multiple epiphany process

Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > >> hello folks, > >> > >> i recently left firefox for epiphany (mch faster) but i > > experience > >> issues when opening links from external applications. >

Re: multiple epiphany process

Nicoco Kinlidex wrote: > hello folks, > > i recently left firefox for epiphany (mch faster) but i experience > issues when opening links from external applications. > instead of opening links in a new tab in epiphany's window, each > application launch a different epiphany process. As a cons

Re: Have DVD burner, will backup!

Daniel Johnson wrote: > > Trying it out now with a noburn option with a .dar file size limit. See if > > this works. Am I correct to assume that it will fill the first one, burn it > > while filling the next one, remove it after burning/verifying and continue > > until done/disk is full? > > I ha

Re: Have DVD burner, will backup!

Daniel Johnson wrote: > > Trying it out now with a noburn option with a .dar file size limit. See if > > this works. Am I correct to assume that it will fill the first one, burn it > > while filling the next one, remove it after burning/verifying and continue > > until done/disk is full? > > I ha

Re: Debian stable & SATA drive

Owen Heisler wrote: > I have an Abit AX8 motherboard, specifications here: > http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=215 > with Athlon 64 3000+. > I have tried both 3.1r2 i386 stable and 3.1r0a amd64 stable. > > The motherboard has four SATA ports. I want to use three

Firefox question about pop-up menus; (solved?) and a new annoyance

Going out on a limb here Paul... I use Debian Sarge 3.1r1 (2.6.8-2-386) I have NOT yet fired up either Mozilla Browser, nor Firefox on this installation In the past I have used both (and more, on Debain Sarge 3.1r1) I've had issues (like yours) with Mozilla Browser on win98 (I know), and as far a

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Steve Lamb wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > Oh - and I use Mozilla Mail - but this list (and others) have w-a-y too > > much mail for me to d/l and sort through - which is why I prefer > > webmail over pop3. I did subscribe to this list (for 10 minutes) once, > > but aga

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > [...] > > Oh - and I use Mozilla Mail - but this list (and others) have w-a-y too > > much mail for me to d/l and sort through > > Create a filter that sends the mail-list messages to a special folde

Re: where does grub put the MBR?

Alvin Oga wrote: > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Is there a way to know *for sure* where grub puts the MBR? (No setup > > >> command) > > yes... > > > > Well the MBR, is always in the same place.

Re: automount usbdisk , hardisk or cdrom in gnome 2.14

Surachai Locharoen wrote: > I install gnome 2.14. When I insert usbdisk or cdrom, there is no > automount action take place. I can mount mannually from command line. > > However I can't manually mount usb disk because I can't find /dev/sda1 > or /dev/sda which I use to mount usb disk. > > could y

Re: Debian DVD autostart from boot DOS prompt

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Daniel L. McGrew wrote: > > Once I boot up with a floppy and get to a DOS prompt, what file or > > command do I use from the command prompt to get the Debian DVD > > (number one) to start installing on this computer??? > > > > > > > Most sincerely,

Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > > > > The backlash of 9-11 was like Christmas to the conservative > > military-industrial complex and their puppet congress-critters. All the > > things they have wanted over the years like more defense spending, less > > rights for citizens an

Re: How do you grow brocolli?

Kent West wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > George H. W. Bush made the famous campaign promise: > > Read my lips: no new taxes! > > > > Dan Quayle was his VP, and famously misspelled "potatoe". > > > 1. The spelling card Quayle was holding, given to him by the school > authorities putting on

Re: lists.debian.org vs google groups

Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2006-04-06, Tudi LE BLEIS penned: > > On 4/4/06, Monique Y. Mudama <...> wrote: > > > >> Months later, I had filled half my quota, entirely with mailing > >> list entries. But there's no way to delete more than a page of > >> messages at a time via their web interf

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

--- Willie Wonka wrote: [ This message is being forwarded to the list as well ] > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:04:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in > the word color?) > To: Mike McCa

Re: Grub + CD-ROM

Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 05:54 -0700, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Perhaps try; > > if there's a "Load Setup Optimized Defaults" (BUT... note ALL your > > orig. settings Prior). > I'll do that. There isn't a lot in the BIOS though,

Re: SATA RAID 0 in Debian [solved]

Michael Schurter wrote: > listrcv wrote: > > Michael Schurter wrote: > > > The drives were setup on an old motherboard that died, and I can't > seem to find a way to get the crappy Windows SATA RAID utility to > recognize the drives as an existing RAID array. > >>> > >>> > >>> Yo

Re: Grub + CD-ROM

Hans du Plooy wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:54 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > Is the boot order correct? IOW, is the CDROM placed before other > > boot devices? > > Yes. > > > If it is, then I suspect you have a hardware problem, which will not > > be fixed by putting GRUB on a CDROM. > > I

Re: Sizes and notation

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >The confusion between 1000 and 1024 has been solved. Take a > > > look at > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#IEC_standard_prefixes > > > It's a really, REALLY good idea to adopt

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 18 April 2006 05:31, Willie Wonka wrote: > > > Maybe I'm dense, but; > > kb = kilobit > > KB = KiloByte > > mb = megabit > > MB = MegaByte > > > > 1 bit * 8 = 1 byte ^^ I forgot to capi

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 16.04.06 22:56, Willie Wonka wrote: > > Explained another way (hopefully); > > If you bought a 1,000 Byte (1KB) HDD - you'd lose 24 *Bytes* > > No. The big 'K' stands for 1024, 1000 is small 'k'. > The bi

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Binary Example > > 1,024 > > 1,048,576 > > 1,073,741,824 > > 1,099,511,627,776 > > [snipped] > > To try and sum up my point; > > Everytime you step *up* usin

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Andrei Popescu wrote: > Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually - Block sizes are what they are (in binary), because computers > > use Binary language to communicate/operate...Many HDD manufacturers > > just like to *lie* and use a diff integer base

Re: Xorg upgrade: Getting twm not kde

Perhaps (if you used kdm previously); # dpkg-reconfigure kdm could replace 'kdm' with 'xdm' if you used that previously also look into (google) 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg'. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protect

Re: RAID Sizes (was Re: Why do people in the UK put a u in the word color?)

Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 15:54 -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 12:27:35PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > >> On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 06:30 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > > >>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 10:25:28

Re: edit text files as root

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > According to http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/tipsntrix.html#rootedit > , In Ubuntu one can edit the text files as root using the "Edit as Root" > option. But I could not find this option in Debian unstable KDE 3.5.2 . > How can I achieve this behavior in Debian

Re: resizing swap partition

Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with

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Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with

Re: activate ssh X11Forwarding on Etch

Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > I have an up yo date Etch on a Celeron 633/256Mo > I installed xorg-xserver gnome and gdm. > If I ssh login on the machine, X11 is not forwarded: > > $ ssh -X remote > $ xclock > $ Error: Can't open display: > > The result is the same weth

Re: libapache-mod-php4 not on Debian3.1r1

> > You're on Debian3.1r1 *CD's*? Or are you on 3.1r1 using the > security > > updates? > > > > If you're on the CD's you are on a level of December 19 2005 and > that > > > library is not on it when I do a search! > > > > Hi; > I'd like to help, but not sure how to search the *CD* only -- I h

Re: libapache-mod-php4 not on Debian3.1r1

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote: > > Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> For some reason libapache-mod-php4 is not on any of the Debian3.1r1 CD's. > >> > >> Can anybody verify that? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> H > > No, I can't. > > > > I can't verify

Re: users getting confused between mailing lists and forums? Related ?

Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:13:44AM -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >I might be acting a bit paranoid here but I am starting to feel that > > users are getting confused between multiple forms of support available - > > forums.debian.net and other mailing lis

Re: aptitude uncomprehension

Cedric BRINER wrote: > > if you use KDE - you could check out 'KPackage' > > here's a screenie on deb 3.1r1 (kernel 2.6.8-2-i386); > > http://photobucket.com/albums/a217/iforone/?action=view¤t=kernel-image.png > > no this application gives the packages depending of. and not the way around > it giv

Re: aptitude uncomprehension

> Moreover, I'm searching for a tool to navigate easily the packages > depedencies back and forward. eg. > - which packages are needed to install a package. > - which package served to other one. > (I know that I have difficulties to express myself). > to see the depedencies and to go up and down

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> Moreover, I'm searching for a tool to navigate easily the packages > depedencies back and forward. eg. > - which packages are needed to install a package. > - which package served to other one. > (I know that I have difficulties to express myself). > to see the depedencies and to go up and down

Re: PCMCIA configuration in sarge

Not sure of any of this, but; Have you loaded yenta_socket ? On a vanilla kernel Sarge 3.1r1 (kernel 2.6.8-2-i386), it's lisyed in 'lsmod'. Also note my (Debian's) default runlevel is 2, so perhaps review ; $ cat /etc/rc2.d/S20pcmcia I have this is lsmod; ds 17796 0 yenta_soc

Re: Problems with loop-aes?

Jan Johansson wrote: > (Not sure if this is a loop-aes problem or a "genral platform problem) > > Hello! > > I used the instructions on > http://deb.riseup.net/storage/encryption/loop-aes/ to create a encrypted > area. But when I get to the 'dd' stage (using /dev/loop1 and /dev/md2), > weird thi

Re: Debian not recognizing 1 of my 2 CPUs and sees only 16k cache =(

--- Willie Wonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Thanks for you replies, I've installed the smp kernel > (kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp) but now "cat /proc/cpuinfo lists 4 > cpus! However my supervisor h

Re: Debian not recognizing 1 of my 2 CPUs and sees only 16k cache =(

Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thanks for you replies, I've installed the smp kernel (kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686-smp) but now "cat /proc/cpuinfo lists 4 cpus! However my supervisor has informed me that they should be single-core, rather than dual-core Xeons, so I don't how Debian 3.1

Re: gpg keys on multiple machines

Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:03:51 + > Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <> > > > > To set the timeout for gpg-agent, include in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf: > > > > default-cache-ttl N > > max-cache-ttl N > > > > where N is the number of seconds to cache for.

Re: sudo doesn't set HOME

Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:21:05AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom > wrote: > > 1.6.8p7-1.3 does not set some ENV variables because it was > > deemed this was a security risk. As a result it functions > > differently than previous versions and you have to fiddle > > with sudoers to get

Re: Dual boot comoputer

Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 00:33:39 -0700 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I see you have knoppix. Boot with it. Find out what your / partition is. I will assume it is /dev/hda2. Open a root console and type these commands: > > umount /dev/hda2 > mount -o rw /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 > m

Re: GDM screen too big for display

nikias wrote: > >>>Maybe you have a wrong resolution in a Modes line of the file > >>>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4. > >>> > >>>For example, with the Mode line below, I think I would get the effect > >>>you describe. Leaving out the resolution "1280x960", which is wrong for > >>>my monitor, would fix it.

trying to use Knoppis to recover unbootable debian linux drive

kenn wrote: > Greetings. > > I'm still trying to recover data from a drive that won't mount, and in > spite of lots of help from this list, I haven't accomplished it yet. > > My current plan of attack is to try to boot on Knoppix and copy to a USB > thumb drive. > > I've learned the obvious stuf

Re: update-rc.d questions: best practice?

From: "iforone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: update-rc.d questions: best practice? Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:49:42 -0800 Ivan Teliatnikov wrote: > Hi everyone. > [...] > 2. Is there a command/tool to display status of all services in all > runlevels. I recall that

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